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 speaking or is mute (H_DISMUTE)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 742

End: 743

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

213. Does (NAME) speak at all (can he or she make him or herself understood in words; can he or she say any recognizable words)?

YES 1
NO 2

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes
11	Some difficulty speaking
12	A lot of difficulty speaking
13	Cannnot communicate 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

DISMUTE indicates whether the household member has difficulty communicating when speaking and, if so, the degree of difficulty.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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