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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Nov 18, 2025

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Hypertension (S) (fambp)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 1026

Invalid: 295

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 285

End: 285

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does any family member (parents, siblings, or children) ever had or currently have any of the following diseases? : Hypertension

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	561	54.7%
1	Yes	425	41.4%
8	Unknown	40	3.9%
9	Missing	0
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

Hypertension

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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