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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Has difficulty seeing without wearing glasses or contact lenses (H_DISSIGHTNOGC)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 740

End: 741

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

309. Does (NAME) have difficulty seeing?

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

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

SOME DIFFICULTY 1
A LOT OF DIFFICULTY 2
CAN'T SEE AT ALL 3
DON'T KNOW 8

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

DISSIGHTNOGC indicates whether the household member has difficulty seeing when not using glasses or contacts and, if so, the degree of difficulty.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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