Family network and household composition (Karonga HDSS data)

Malawi

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DDI-MWI-MEIRU-POPDENS-2004-v1.0

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household head sex (D) (hhsex)

Data file: popdens_hhcomp_famnet_stateevents_year

Overview

Valid: 505946

Invalid: 98

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 410

End: 410

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

household head sex (D)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Male	415489	82.1%
1	Female	90457	17.9%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		98

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.

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