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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Mother/father dead or been very sick for 3+ months (M_PARENTSICKDEAD)

Data file: MWI2016-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
19) MOTHER AND/OR FATHER DEAD/SICK: CIRCLE LINE NUMBER IF CHILD'S MOTHER AND/OR FATHER HAS DIED (Q.13 OR 16=NO) OR BEEN SICK (Q.15 OR 18=YES).
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
For household members under a cut-off age, PARENTSICKDEAD (HV133) indicates whether either of the person's parents have died or have been very sick for 3 or more months.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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