VA Verbal Autopsy Cause of Death

Malawi, 2004 - 2019

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-VACOD-2001-v1

Producer(s)

Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit

Collections

Karonga HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Ever HIV test (vevertest)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 2386

Invalid: 1777

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Had ${vname} ever had an HIV test?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	338	14.2%
1	Yes	1464	61.4%
2	Refused to answer	3	0.1%
3	Mother was tested during pregnancy or soon after birth	0	0%
4	???	7	0.3%
8	Unknown	574	24.1%
9	Missing	1309
Sysmiss		468

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.

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