Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2004

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Reference ID

MWI_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Ethnicity, Malawi (C_ETHNICITYMW)

Data file: MWI2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 280

End: 281

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

118. What is your tribe or ethnic group?

CHEWA 01
TUMBUKA 02
LOMWE 03
TONGA 04
YAO 05
SENA 06
NKONDE 07
NGONI 08
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____________ 96

Categories

Value	Category
01	Chewa
02	Tumbuka
03	Lomwe
04	Tonga
05	Yao
06	Sena
07	Nkonde
08	Ngoni
10	Other groups
11	Amanganja/Anyanja
12	Mang'anja
13	Lambya
14	Ndali
15	Nyanja
16	Other, unspecified
98	Missing

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

ETHNICITYMW (V131MW) is a variable specific to Malawi that reports responses to a question about the woman's tribe or ethnicity. The number of groups identified varied across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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