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

Metadata

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Nov 14, 2025

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Nov 18, 2025

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full blood count data availability (D) (fbc_m)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 1321

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1034

End: 1034

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not available	318	24.1%
1	Available	1003	75.9%

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

full blood count data availability

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

this variable is created during the merge of full blood count data to the main dataset and then is recoded to be binary available/not available.

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