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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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Urban-rural status (W_URBAN)

Data file: MWI2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
103. Just before you moved here, did you live in a city, in a town, or in a rural area?

CITY 1
TOWN 2
RURAL AREA 3
Categories
Value Category
2 Rural
1 Urban
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
URBAN (V025) indicates whether the person's de facto residence was in an urban or rural location. The definition of urban varies across countries. See Comparability.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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