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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Heart disease (S) (famheart)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 1026

Invalid: 295

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 286

End: 286

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? : Heart disease

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	858	83.6%
1	Yes	113	11%
8	Unknown	55	5.4%
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

Heart disease

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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