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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Nov 14, 2025

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Have you ever smoked cigarettes regularly (i.e at least weekly)? (S) (eversmoked)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 973

Invalid: 348

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 258

End: 258

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past, did you ever smoke daily?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	889	91.4%
1	Yes	84	8.6%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		348

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 ever smoked cigarettes regularly (i.e at least weekly)?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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