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 or blind (H_DISSIGHT)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 735

End: 736

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

207. Compared with other children, does (NAME) have difficulty seeing, either in the daytime or at night?

YES 1
NO 2

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes
11	Partial blindness
12	Cannot see at all
13	A lot of difficulty with sight
14	Yes, unknown level of difficulty
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

DISSIGHT indicates whether the household member has difficulty seeing.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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