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Malawi STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2009

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Malawi National STEPS Survey for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and their Risk Factors
Provider 
WHO NCD Microdata Repository
Tabulations only
Geography 
Malawi (MWI)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
07/2009 - 09/2009
Series or system 
STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
Summary 

The STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey uses a survey methodology developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries establish noncommunicable disease surveillance systems. Some surveys are conducted at the country level and others at the subnational level. The methodology prescribes three steps—questionnaire, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements. Core topics covered by most surveys are demographics, health status, and health behaviors. These provide data on socioeconomic risk factors and metabolic, nutritional, and lifestyle risk factors. Details may differ from country to country and from year to year. 

This Malawian national survey included smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, physical activity, medical history, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements.

 

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Diet, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, FFQ, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Glucose tests, Health behaviors, Health care services, Health status, Height, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Hypertriglyceridemia, Income, Leisure activities, Lifestyle risk factors, Marital status, Obesity, Physical activity, Risk factors, Smokeless tobacco use, Socioeconomic risk factors, Tobacco smoking, Vegetables, Weight, Secondhand smoke
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 15, 2024