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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Able to suck with 24hr birth -4180 fed_d1 (vsuck)

Data file: lvd_vasympnm

Overview

Valid: 467

Invalid: 1801

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Was ${vname} able to suckle or bottle-feed within the first 24 hours after birth?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	241	51.6%
1	Yes	211	45.2%
8	Unknown	15	3.2%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		1801

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 -,, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14

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