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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How often do you add salt to your food? (S) (saltfreq)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 1026

Invalid: 295

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 281

End: 281

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How often do you add salt to your food?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Rarely (<1x/wk)	780	76%
2	Sometimes (1-3x/wk)	125	12.2%
3	Often (almost daily)	81	7.9%
4	Frequently (multiple per day)	40	3.9%
Sysmiss		295

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

How often do you add salt to your food?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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