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 long did you take treatment for high Blood pressure (S) (remdbpl)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 191

Invalid: 1130

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 358

End: 358

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For the previous disease(s) , how long did you take the treatment? : High Blood pressure

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	less than 1 week	8	4.2%
2	1-4 weeks	3	1.6%
3	one month	6	3.1%
4	2-6 months	171	89.5%
5	7-12 months	0	0%
6	more than 12 months	3	1.6%
Sysmiss		1130

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 long did you take treatment for high Blood pressure

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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