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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)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Has difficulty speaking or is mute (H_DISMUTE)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 742
End: 743
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
213. Does (NAME) speak at all (can he or she make him or herself understood in words; can he or she say any recognizable words)?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Some difficulty speaking
12 A lot of difficulty speaking
13 Cannnot communicate at all
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
DISMUTE indicates whether the household member has difficulty communicating when speaking and, if so, the degree of difficulty.

concept

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