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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Consent to be tested for HIV (S) (consentd)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 1030

Invalid: 291

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 178

End: 178

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

I agree to be tested for HIV. If I am found to be HIV positive, I will be ask to repeat the test at the nearest health centre.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	148	14.4%
1	Yes	855	83%
8	Unknown	27	2.6%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		291

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

Consent to be tested for HIV

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: consentd (table[s]: arkk_consent, arkl_consent)

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