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Codes and Frequencies
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Description
MLSPREDDIRTY indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported an unhygienic environment as a way to get malaria.
Comparability — Index
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and differences in question wording discussed below, MLSPREDDIRTY has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
MLSPREDDIRTY is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Mali [top]
The 2018 Mali survey words uses a broader response category, worded as "dirty water, dirty environment, dirtiness."
Further, the 2018 Mali survey asks specifically about the main cause of malaria.
Universe
- Angola 2011: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Burkina Faso 2018: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Burundi 2012: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Ghana 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Liberia 2009: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Liberia 2011: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Liberia 2016: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Madagascar 2011: Women age 15-49.
- Madagascar 2013: Women age 15-49.
- Madagascar 2016: Women age 15-49.
- Mali 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Namibia 2006: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Nigeria 2010: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Nigeria 2015: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Sierra Leone 2016: Women age 15-49 who have heard of malaria.
- Uganda 2018: Women age 15-49.
Angola:
2011-W, 2011-C
Burkina Faso:
2018-W, 2018-C
Burundi:
2012-W, 2012-C
Ghana:
2016-W, 2016-C
Liberia:
2009-W, 2009-C, 2011-C, 2011-W, 2016-C, 2016-W
Madagascar:
2011-W, 2011-C, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2016-W, 2016-C
Mali:
2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-W
Namibia:
2006-B, 2006-W, 2006-C, 2006-W
Nigeria:
2010-W, 2010-C, 2015-C, 2015-W
Sierra Leone:
2016-C, 2016-W
Uganda:
2018-W, 2018-C
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