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Malawi Integrated Household Survey 1997-1999

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Malawi Integrated Household Survey 1997-1998 (IHS1)
Provider 
National Statistical Office of Malawi
Tabulations only
Geography 
Malawi (MWI)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/1997 - 01/1999
Series or system 
Malawi Integrated Household (Panel) Surveys (IHS/IHPS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Community
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to collect a range of information on households and communities in order to develop indicators on poverty in Malawi. This survey also sought to gather data that aided in the development of policies around health, education, migration, employment, and wellbeing.

The data were collected through various questionnaires. Households were interviewed from November 1997 through October 1998 on topics including demographic characteristics, fertility, agricultural activities, food consumption, and household spending. Height and weight were recorded for children. Each household also maintained a 28-day expenditure diary. The sample size for the household section of this survey was 12,960 households.

From November 1998 through January 1999, the interviewers went back through the same household sample areas and used community questionnaires to gather information from community leaders. Leaders in urban and rural communities were interviewed.

Keywords 
Absenteeism, Adult mortality, Agriculture, Antenatal care, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth place, Child anthropometry, Child labor, Child mortality, Children, Cooking fuels, Crops, DTP vaccines, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Fertilizers, Food expenditures, Health care access, Health care expenditures, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household expenditures, Housing conditions, Immunization, Income, Infrastructure, Land ownership, Lighting, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Living conditions, Loans, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Nurses, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Pesticides, Pharmacies, Physicians, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Prices, Refrigeration, Religion, Roads, School enrollment, Schools, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Taxes, Telephones, Traditional healers, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022