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

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Jan 16, 2021

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Mar 18, 2021

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Has difficulty seeing even if wearing glasses or contact lenses (H_DISSIGHTGC)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 738

End: 739

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

307. Does (NAME) have difficulty seeing even if he or she is wearing glasses or contact lenses?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 311)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 311)

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308. Would you say that (NAME) has some difficulty seeing, a lot of difficult, or can he or she not see at all?

SOME DIFFICULTY 1 (GO TO 311)
A LOT OF DIFFICULTY 2 (GO TO 311)
CAN'T SEE AT ALL 3 (GO TO 311)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 311)

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes
11	Some difficulty seeing
12	A lot of difficulty seeing
13	Cannot see 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

DISSIGHTGC indicates whether the household member has difficulty seeing even if wearing glasses or contact lenses and, if so, the degree of difficulty.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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