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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Are you currently taking any pain killers? (S) (painkcur)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 296

Invalid: 1025

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 374

End: 374

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Are you currently taking any pain killers?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	206	69.6%
1	Yes	90	30.4%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		1025

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

Are you currently taking any pain killers?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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