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 was the last time you had an alcoholic drink? (S) (alcoholwhen)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 177

Invalid: 1144

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 274

End: 274

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When was the last time you had an alcoholic drink?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Today	5	2.8%
2	Yesterday	43	24.3%
3	Between 3 and 7 days ago	55	31.1%
4	Between 8 and 30 days ago	33	18.6%
5	over 30 days ago	41	23.2%
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

When was the last time you had an alcoholic drink?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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