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Malawi, 2018 - 2019
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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-ARK-2018-v01
Producer(s)
Professor Amelia (Mia) Crampin
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Karonga HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets Lilongwe HDSS
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In the past two weeks, have you been treated for raised BP with drugs? (S) (remdbpw2)

Data file: ark_combined_final_meiruid

Overview

Valid: 312
Invalid: 1009
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 296
End: 296
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the past two weeks, have you been treated for raised blood pressure with drug/medication prescribed by a doctor or other health worker?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 146
46.8%
1 Yes 166
53.2%
8 Unknown 0
0%
9 Missing 0
Sysmiss 1009
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
In the past two weeks, have you been treated for raised BP with drugs?

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
variable: remdbpw2 (table[s]: arkk_arkq, arkl_arkq)
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