Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

Aug 23, 2018

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Ethnicity, Malawi (C_ETHNICITYMN_MW)

Data file: MWI2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 251

End: 252

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

123. What is your tribe or ethnic group?

CHEWA 01
TUMBUKA 02
LOMWE 03
TONGA 04
YAO 05
SENA 06
NKHONDE 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
20	Mang'anja/Nyanga
21	Mang'anja
22	Nyanga
30	Other groups
31	Lambya
32	Ndali
39	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

ETHNICITYMN_MW (MV131MW) is a variable specific to Malawi that reports responses to a question about the man'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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