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ARK combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2018 - 2019
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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-ARK-2018-v01
Producer(s)
Professor Amelia (Mia) Crampin
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Karonga HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets Lilongwe HDSS
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Have you taken in the last 12 months traditional medicine? (S) (tradmedm12)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 724
Invalid: 597
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 319
End: 319
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Have you taken in the last 12 months traditional medicine for any medical condition or for any other reasons including cultural rituals?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 516
71.3%
1 Yes 208
28.7%
8 Unknown 0
0%
9 Missing 0
Sysmiss 597
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.

Description

Definition
Have you taken in the last 12 months traditional medicine?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
variable: tradmedm12 (table[s]: arkk_arkq, arkl_arkq)
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