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 mental problems or intellectual and developmental disabilities (H_DISMENTAL)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 753

End: 754

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

217. Compared with other children of the same age, does (NAME) appear in any way mentally backward, dull or slow?

YES 1
NO 2

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes
12	Intellectual problems
13	Mental problems and intellectual problems
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

DISMENTAL indicates whether the household member has mental problems or intellectual/ developmental disabilities.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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