World Health Survey 2003
Malawi, 2003
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Reference ID
MWI_2003_WHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Collection(s)
Created on
Oct 17, 2013
Last modified
Oct 17, 2013
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Mother tongue (q1000)
Data file: WHS-Malawi_F5
Overview
Valid:
5284
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
17
End:
24
Width:
8
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Respondent’s Socio Demographic Characteristics
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
Literal question
What is your mother tongue?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:26 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 08:43 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 1 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 2 | 2 |
0%
|
|
| 44 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| 88 | 1 |
0%
|
|
| BEMBA | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| CHE W A | 1 |
0%
|
|
| CHEWA | 2453 |
46.4%
|
|
| CHEWE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| CHICHEWA | 11 |
0.2%
|
|
| CHILAMBI | 2 |
0%
|
|
| CHINDALE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| CHINGONI | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| CHINYANJ | 7 |
0.1%
|
|
| CHITUMBU | 6 |
0.1%
|
|
| CHIWEWA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| CHIYAO | 2 |
0%
|
|
| CHWA | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| CJHEWA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| ENGLISH | 2 |
0%
|
|
| HENGA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| KHOKHOLA | 21 |
0.4%
|
|
| KHONDE | 2 |
0%
|
|
| KHONJELA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| KINGA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| KUNGU | 1 |
0%
|
|
| LABYA | 2 |
0%
|
|
| LAMBIA | 10 |
0.2%
|
|
| LAMBIYA | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| LAMBYA | 39 |
0.7%
|
|
| LIKOMA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| LOMWE | 246 |
4.7%
|
|
| M,ANG`AN | 1 |
0%
|
|
| MAMBWE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| MANG'ANJ | 14 |
0.3%
|
|
| MANG'NJA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| MANG`ANJ | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| MANGÀNJA | 2 |
0%
|
|
| MBEMBA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| MCHEWA | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| MTONGA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NDALA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NDALE | 33 |
0.6%
|
|
| NDALI | 70 |
1.3%
|
|
| NDELE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NGONDE | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NGONI | 125 |
2.4%
|
|
| NKHONDE | 54 |
1%
|
|
| NYACHUSA | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| NYACHUSY | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| NYAKYUSA | 17 |
0.3%
|
|
| NYANJA | 173 |
3.3%
|
|
| NYARHUSA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NYIHA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NYIKA | 7 |
0.1%
|
|
| NYNJA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| NYUNGWE | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| SENA | 128 |
2.4%
|
|
| SENGA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| SHONA | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| SUKWA | 38 |
0.7%
|
|
| SUTU | 2 |
0%
|
|
| SWAHILI | 3 |
0.1%
|
|
| T7UMBUKA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TAKHWANI | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TIMBUKA | 5 |
0.1%
|
|
| TOMBUKA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TONGA | 230 |
4.4%
|
|
| TUMBAKA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TUMBUKA | 1000 |
18.9%
|
|
| TUMBUKJA | 1 |
0%
|
|
| TUMBUKU | 1 |
0%
|
|
| WANDIA | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| WANDIYA | 2 |
0%
|
|
| WANDYA | 2 |
0%
|
|
| YAO | 491 |
9.3%
|
|
| YAWO | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| ZULU | 1 |
0%
|
|
| chewa | 1 |
0%
|
|
| tonga | 1 |
0%
|
|
| yao | 1 |
0%
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Record respondent’s mother tongue. The mother tongue is the language one has learned first, provided it is a language that one can express oneself fully in, and/or voluntarily identifies with. If the respondent knows more than one such language record all named languages.