ARK combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2018 - 2019

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Reference ID

DDI-MWI-MEIRU-ARK-2018-v01

Producer(s)

Professor Amelia (Mia) Crampin

Collections

Karonga HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets Lilongwe HDSS

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When did you last take traditional medicine? (S) (tradmedlast)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 208

Invalid: 1113

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 320

End: 321

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When did you last take traditional medicine for any medical condition or for any other reasons including cultural rituals?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	More than one month	97	46.6%
1	Within last one month	58	27.9%
2	Within last one week	43	20.7%
3	Within less than one week	2	1%
98	Unknown	8	3.8%
Sysmiss		1113

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

When did you last take traditional medicine?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: tradmedlast (table[s]: arkk_arkq, arkl_arkq)

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