Variables | Code at MIS Dataset | Categories in MIS | Recoding procedure |
---|---|---|---|
Level one variables (individual level variables) | |||
Number of children under 5 | v137 | One | Recoded as 1 = "one", 2 = "two", 3 = "three ", 4 = "four", 5 = "five or above" |
Two | |||
Three | |||
Four | |||
Five or above | |||
Age of the child (in years) | hw1 | One year old | Recoded as 1 = “min/12 months”, 2 = “13/24 months”, 3 = “25/36 months”, 4 = “37/48 months”, and 5 = ”49/60 months” |
Two years old | |||
Three years old | |||
Four years old | |||
Five years old | |||
Sex of the child | b4 | Male | Recoded as 1 = ” male” and 2 = “female” |
female | |||
Wealth index | v190 | Poorest | Recoded as 1 = “poorest”, 2 = “poorer”, 3 = “middle”, 4 = “richer” and 5 = “richest” |
Poorer | |||
Middle | |||
Richer | |||
Richest | |||
Had fever in last two weeks | h22 | Yes | Recoded as 1 = “Yes” 0 = “No” |
No | |||
Had malaria | S406 | Yes | Recoded as 1 = “Yes” 0 = “No” |
No | |||
Mother’s highest level of education | v106 | No education | Recoded as 0 = “no education”, 1 = “primary”, 2 = “secondary”, and 3 = “Higher” |
Primary | |||
Secondary | |||
Higher | |||
No education | |||
Yes | |||
Level two variables (community variables) | |||
Type of place of residence | v025 | Urban | Recoded as 1 = “Urban” 2 = “Rural” |
Rural | |||
Country code | v000 | This cell needs a hand | |
Dependent variables | |||
Anti-malarial taken for malaria | This was deducted by code from the dataset | Yes | Recoded as 1 = “Yes” 0 = “No” |
No | |||
Random effect variables | |||
Sampling weight | v005 | For weighting the observation | |
Primary sampling unit (PSU) | v021 | For sample selection | |
Strata | v022 | For stratification |