IPUMS DHS: descr: MLPRESDK

IPUMS DHS

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MLPRESDK (MLPRESDK)

How woman avoids malaria: Don't know

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MLPRESDK indicates whether the respondent says she does not know what she is doing to avoid malaria.

Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, MLPRESDK has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

MLPRESDK is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Guinea 1999: Women age 15-49 who do something to avoid malaria.
Mali 2018: All women age 15-49.
Namibia 2006: Women age 15-49 who knew what they would do if they suspected they had malaria.

Guinea: 1999-C, 1999-B, 1999-W

Mali: 2018-W, 2018-C, 2018-B, 2018-W

Namibia: 2006-B, 2006-W, 2006-C, 2006-W