Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit Non-Communicable Disease Survey data, 2013-2017 – Data Codebook

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.00000961

Data description

Data from a cross-sectional survey on non-communicable diseases and their risk factors carried out between 2013 and 2017 in one rural and one urban site in Malawi by the Malawi Epidemiology Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU). Data also include some anthropometric measures and laboratory test results, and self-report data relating to socio-economic status.

Data codebook

The dataset contains the following variables.

Variable Name Variable Label Answer Label Answer Code Variable Type
id A non-identifiable numeric value Open ended   String
version Form version number Open ended   Numeric
site site of data collection (D)     Numeric
    Karonga 1  
    Lilongwe 2  
comdate Completion date Open ended   Numeric
agegroup10 10 years age groups     Numeric
    15-24 1  
    25-34 2  
    35-44 3  
    45-54 4  
    55-64 5  
    65+ 6  
sex Sex     Numeric
    Male 1  
    Female 2  
    Missing 9  
cmarital Current marital status (D)     Numeric
    Never married 0  
    Married 1  
    Divorced/Separated/Widowed 2  
    Unknown 8  
    Missing 9  
educat Highest level of education     Numeric
    Illiterate 0  
    literate, Up to primary school level 1  
    Secondary school and higher 2  
occupation Type of work (broad categories) (D)     Numeric
    Not working 0  
    Housework 1  
    Farming/fishing 2  
    Self-employed 3  
    Employed 4  
smoker summary variable of number of cigarettes smoked (D)     Numeric
    Never 0  
    Former 1  
    <6 cig/week 2  
    6+ cig/week 3  
drinker summary variable of number of units drank (D)     Numeric
    Never 0  
    <8 drinks/week 1  
    8-22 drinks/week 2  
    22+ drinks/week 3  
pacat physical activity rating (D)     Numeric
    Low 0  
    Moderate 1  
    High 2  
pawho whether met the WHO recommendation for physical activity (D)     Numeric
    Not met WHO recom 0  
    Met WHO recom 1  
electric_mode Whether household has electricity (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
parlamp_mode Whether household owns a paraffin lamp (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
telv_mode Whether household owns a tv (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
mopho_mode Whether household owns a mobile phone (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
landpho_mode Whether household owns a land phone (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
bedmt_mode Whether household owns a bed with mattress (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
sofa_mode Whether household owns a sofa (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
refrig_mode Whether household owns a fridge (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
tabchar_mode Whether household owns a tabchar (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
egcook_mode Whether household owns an electric or gas cooker (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
watpipe_fmode Whether household has water piped to house (female only mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
motcyc_mode Whether household owns a motorcycle (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
car_mode Whether household owns a car (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
bicyc_mode Whether household owns a bicycle (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
radio_mode Whether household owns a radio (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
cow_mode Whether household owns a cow (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
oxcart_mode Whether household owns an oxcart (household mode) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
hhwate_fmode Household water source (female only mode) (D)     Numeric
    Tap to house 1  
    Shared communal tap 2  
    Bore hole 3  
    Covered well 4  
    Open well 5  
    Lake/river 6  
    Other 7  
hhpossscore_mode Karonga & Lilongwe: summary possession score using the mode values (D)     Numeric
hhpossscorek_mode Karonga only: summary possession score using the mode values (D)     Numeric
hhpossscorel_mode Lilongwe only: summary possession score using the mode values (D)     Numeric
advlwt Advice doctor     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
advsom Advice doctor stop smoking     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
advexr Advice doctor more exercise     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
advbp Blood pressure taken no months     Integer
    Not taken 999  
diabp Diagnosed high bloood persure     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
agedibp_cat RECODE of agedibp (Age diagnosed high blood presure )     Integer
    U25y 1  
    25-34y 2  
    35-44y 3  
    45-55y 4  
    55-65y 5  
    65y+ 6  
remdbp Medication for high bloood persure     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
blsug Blood sugar taken no months     Integer
    Not taken 999  
diadiab Diagnosed diabetes     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
agediab_cat RECODE of agediab (Age diagnosed diabetes )     Integer
    U25y 1  
    25-34y 2  
    35-44y 3  
    45-55y 4  
    55-65y 5  
    65y+ 6  
remddiab Medication for diabetes     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
chole Cholesterol taken no months     Integer
    Not taken 999  
diachole Diagnosed cholesterol     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
agechole_cat RECODE of agechole (Age diagnosed cholesterol)     Numeric
    U25y 1  
    25-34y 2  
    35-44y 3  
    45-55y 4  
    55-65y 5  
    65y+ 6  
remdcho Medication for cholesterol     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
wheze Wheezing in last year     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
spwheze Wheezing in last year make short of breath     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
asthma Diagnosed asthma     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
ageathma_cat RECODE of ageathma (Age diagnosed asthma )     Numeric
    U25y 1  
    25-34y 2  
    35-44y 3  
    45-55y 4  
    55-65y 5  
    65y+ 6  
asthmed Medication for asthma     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
diatb Diagnosed TB     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
agetb_cat RECODE of agetb (Age diagnosed TB )     Numeric
    U25y 1  
    25-34y 2  
    35-44y 3  
    45-55y 4  
    55-65y 5  
    65y+ 6  
systolic Systolic blood pressure (average) (D) Open ended   Numeric
diastolic Diastolic blood pressure (average) (D) Open ended   Numeric
ht Hypertensive level (4 categories) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    mild: dia90+sys140+ 1  
    moderate: dia100+sys160+ 2  
    Severe: dia110+sys180+ 3  
hypertension Hypertensive level (2 categories) (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
weight Weight (average) (D) Open ended   Numeric
height Height (average) (D) Open ended   Numeric
BMI body mass index (excluding pregnant women) (D) Open ended   Numeric
BMIgroup categorised BMI (D) Open ended   Numeric
waist Waist circumference (average) (D) Open ended   Numeric
hip Hip circumference (average) (D) Open ended   Numeric
muac Mid-upper arm circumference (average) (D) Open ended   Numeric
glucunits_fast result of fasted glucose test (D) Open ended   Numeric
glucunits_NONfast result of non-fasted glucose test (D) Open ended   Numeric
diabetes binary diabetes variable using glucose level and self-report (D)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Unknown 8  
fastgluc categorised variable of impaired glucose (D)     Numeric
    not impaired 0  
    Slightly impaired 5.6-7 1  
    Impaired 7+ 2  
hgb Haemoglobin Open ended   Numeric
hba1_units Percentage Open ended   Numeric