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Demographic and Health Survey 2010, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Malawi, 2010
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Reference ID
MWI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ICF Macro, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Children under 5 slept under bednet last night (M_BEDNETKIDLT5)

Data file: MWI2010-M

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 All children
2 Some children
6 No net in household
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
BEDNETKIDLT5 (HV228) indicates whether any, some, or all of the children in the household under age five slept under a bed net the previous night.


Apart from universe differences, BEDNETKIDLT5 (HV228) has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

BEDNETKIDLT5 (HV228) is included in Phase IV forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

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