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 much water do you drink in a day? (S) (waterfreq)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 1026

Invalid: 295

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 282

End: 283

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How much water do you drink in a day?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	<=1L	195	19%
2	1-2L	619	60.3%
3	2-3L	163	15.9%
4	3-4L	19	1.9%
5	4-5L	15	1.5%
6	>=5L	3	0.3%
98	Unknown	12	1.2%
Sysmiss		295

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 much water do you drink in a day?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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