MDG Endline Survey 2013-2014

Malawi, 2013 - 2014

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Reference ID

MWI_2013_MES_v01_M

Producer(s)

United Nations Children’s Fund, National Statistical Office of Malawi

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Dec 03, 2015

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Age of child (AG2)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 18981

Invalid: 304

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 53

End: 53

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old is (name)?

Categories

Value	Cases
0	3617	19.1%
1	3849	20.3%
2	3796	20%
3	4144	21.8%
4	3575	18.8%
Sysmiss	304

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

After having obtained the child's date of birth, ask the child's age in completed years, and record in the space provided. Remember, ages must refer to the last birthday. Probe if necessary by asking “How old was (name) at his/her last birthday?”

If the mother/primary caretaker does not know the current age of the child, try asking “How many years ago was (name) born?” You may help the respondent by relating the child's age to that of other children or to some important event or to the season of birth, by asking, for example, “How many wet seasons ago was (name) born?”

Record age in completed years. Record '0' if the child is less than 1 year old.

Ask AG1 and AG2 independently. Then, check for consistency between the date of birth and completed age.

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