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 have you been taking the pain killers? (S) (painkl)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 90

Invalid: 1231

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 375

End: 375

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How long have you been taking the pain killers?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	less than 1 week	11	12.2%
2	1-4 weeks	2	2.2%
3	one month	4	4.4%
4	2-6 months	46	51.1%
5	7-12 months	17	18.9%
6	more than 12 months	10	11.1%
Sysmiss		1231

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 have you been taking the pain killers?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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