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

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Karonga HDSS

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Head not delivered first -4200 ab_posit (vbabposit)

Data file: lvd_vasympnm

Overview

Valid: 177

Invalid: 2091

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Did ${bname}'s bottom, feet, arm or hand come into the vagina before the head?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	148	83.6%
1	Yes	28	15.8%
8	Unknown	1	0.6%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		2091

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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Available in versions -,, 04, 06, 07, 08, 12, 13, 14

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