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 walking (H_DISWALK)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 748

End: 749

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

320. Does (NAME) have difficulty walking or climbing steps?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 322)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 322)

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321. Would you say that (NAME) has some difficulty walking or climbing steps, a lot of difficulty, or can he or she not walk or climb steps at all?

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

Categories

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

DISWALK indicates whether the household member has difficulty walking or climbing steps and, if so, the degree of difficulty.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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