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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Have you consumed an alcoholic drink within the past 30 days? (S) (alcohold30)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 177

Invalid: 1144

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 270

End: 270

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you consumed an alcoholic drink within the past 30 days?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	60	33.9%
1	Yes	117	66.1%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		1144

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

Have you consumed an alcoholic drink within the past 30 days?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: alcohold30 (table[s]: arkk_arkq, arkl_arkq)

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