NCD Combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2013 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-NCD-2013-v1.0

Producer(s)

Prof Moffat Nyirenda, Prof Shabbar Jaffar

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Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Household water source (female only mode) (D) (hhwate_fmode)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 123

End: 123

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Tap to house	13083	42.8%
2	Shared communal tap	6652	21.8%
3	Bore hole	6210	20.3%
4	Covered well	3844	12.6%
5	Open well	346	1.1%
6	Lake/river	414	1.4%
7	Other	26	0.1%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: hhwate (table[s]: ncdk_pershh, ncdl_pershh)
variable: sex (table[s]: gen_identity, ncdl_identity)
variable: house (table[s]: derived variable)
As this was asked to each person the female mode response within the household is assigned to everyone in the house - if there is no most common response then the response of the oldest person is taken.

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