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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)
Metadata
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Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
Aug 23, 2018
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Has fits (H_DISFITS)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 757
End: 757
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
211. Does (NAME) sometimes have fits, become rigid, or lose consciousness?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
DISFITS indicates whether the household member has fits. DISFITS includes whether the household member has epilepsy, becomes rigid, or loses consciousness.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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