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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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In the past 12 mths, how freq have you had at least one alcoholic drink? (S) (alcohol12ml)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 177
Invalid: 1144
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 269
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 10
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the past 12 months, how frequently have you had at least one alcoholic drink?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Daily 11
6.2%
2 5-6 days per week 15
8.5%
3 3-4 days per week 55
31.1%
4 1-2 days per week 55
31.1%
5 1-3 days per month 41
23.2%
6 Less than once a month 0
0%
7 Not at all 0
0%
10 Refused 0
0%
Sysmiss 1144
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
In the past 12 mths, how freq have you had at least one alcoholic drink?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
variable: alcohol12ml (table[s]: arkk_arkq, arkl_arkq)
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