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 ago did you stop smoking daily? (S) (stopsmoked)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 84

Invalid: 1237

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 262

End: 263

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How long ago did you stop smoking daily?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 4 weeks ago	0	0%
2	More than 1 month but less than 12 month ago	5	6%
3	More than one year but less than 5 years ago	17	20.2%
4	More than 5 years ago	61	72.6%
98	Unknown	1	1.2%
Sysmiss		1237

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 ago did you stop smoking daily?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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