Feed the Future Malawi Interim Survey in the Zone of Infuence, Household File
datahub.usaid.gov | Last Updated 12 Jul 2024This dataset contains records describing each household sampled during the 2015 Feed the Future Malawi Interim Survey in the Zone of Influence. The survey was designed to monitor program performance by periodic assessments of a number of standardized indicators. A total of 1,021 households were interviewed, which provided data for the target sample size of 1,007 households and ensured the sample is representative of the seven districts covered in the interim assessment. This dataset includes variables from Modules A, D, and F in the questionnaire. The unique identifier for this file is pbs_id, Please note that all key household-level derived variables are also included in the household dataset, including, for example, gendered household type (“ghht”) and the household hunger indicator (“hhhunger”)
This dataset has the following 90 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | country | text | These data were collected in Malawi | Malawi view top 100 |
| survey | survey | text | Two surveys were administered. This variable identifies whether the survey was the Interim Feed the Future survey or the Baseline Food for Peace survey. | 2015 Interim Feed the Future survey 2015 Baseline Food for Peace survey view top 100 |
| zoi | zoi | text | Was the data collected by Westat or ICF? | data collected by westat data collected by icf view top 100 |
| cluster | cluster | number | Cluster number | 241 90 14 42 112 view top 100 |
| project | project | text | Identifies whether the record is used to report on Feed the Future (FTF), Food for Peace (FFP), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), or Project Concern International (PCI) programming. Due to coordinated survey collection, the same record may be used to evalu | FTF FTF-FFP-PCI view top 100 |
| pbs_id | pbs_id | number | Administrative variable for identifying households | 12488 10770 13833 13939 12790 view top 100 |
| subgroup3 | subgroup3 | checkbox | The 7-district FTF FEEDBACK ZOI which will include district level data from rural areas only of Michinji, Lilongwe, Dedza, Mangochi, Ntcheu, Balaka, Machinga. | true view top 100 |
| strata3 | strata3 | text | Stratification for subgroup 3 | lilongwe ftf mangochi ftf dedza ftf mchinji ftf ntcheu ftf view top 100 |
| urbrur | urbrur | text | Location type (urban rural) | rural view top 100 |
| ghht | ghht | text | Derived gendered household type | male and female adults female adult(s) only male adult(s) only view top 100 |
| s_hh_wt3 | s_hh_wt3 | number | Household weights, adjusted for non-response, subgroup 3 | 0.0094811329 699.2862068966 0.0104571835 0.0096470248 0.0105915493 view top 100 |
| today | today | text | The day of interview as a string variable, MM-DD-YYYY | 09-05-2015 09-22-2015 09-29-2015 09-30-2015 09-28-2015 view top 100 |
| outcome | outcome | text | A09. overall result code | complete view top 100 |
| a04 | a04 | number | TA Town - Anonymous | 54 52 6 34 63 view top 100 |
| a05 | a05 | text | District | lilongwe mangochi dedza machinga mchinji view top 100 |
| a06 | a06 | text | Region | central region southern region view top 100 |
| a10 | a10 | number | Total persons in household | 4 3 5 6 7 view top 100 |
| a11 | a11 | number | Total number of women 15-49 | 1 0 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| a12 | a12 | number | Total number of children 0-5 | 1 0 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| a17 | a17 | text | Language of questionnaire | chichewa yao lomwe view top 100 |
| a18 | a18 | text | Language of interview | chichewa yao lomwe view top 100 |
| a19_1 | a19_1 | text | Native language of respondent SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 1 - CHICHEWA | selected not selected view top 100 |
| a19_2 | a19_2 | text | Native language of respondent SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 2 - YAO | not selected selected view top 100 |
| a19_3 | a19_3 | text | Native language of respondent SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 3 - TUMBUKA | not selected selected view top 100 |
| a19_4 | a19_4 | text | Native language of respondent SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 4 - LOMWE | not selected selected view top 100 |
| a19_5 | a19_5 | text | Native language of respondent SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 5 - NGONI | not selected selected view top 100 |
| a19_6 | a19_6 | text | Native language of respondent SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 6 - SENA | not selected view top 100 |
| a19_7 | a19_7 | text | Native language of respondent SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 7 - OTHER | not selected selected view top 100 |
| a20 | a20 | checkbox | Was a translator used? | false true view top 100 |
| hhsize | hhsize | number | Derived number of individuals in the household based on the household roster | 4 3 5 7 6 view top 100 |
| d01 | d01 | text | Observed roof top material (outer covering) | thatch/palm leaf metal other natural ceramic tiles other finished view top 100 |
| d02 | d02 | text | Observed floor material | earth/sand cement dung other finished other view top 100 |
| d03 | d03 | text | Observed exterior walls | bricks covered adobe uncovered adobe dirt other finished view top 100 |
| d04 | d04 | text | How many rooms in this dwelling are used for sleeping? | 2 1 3+ don't know view top 100 |
| d05 | d05 | text | What is the main type of toilet your household uses? | pit latrine with slab pit latrine without slab/open pit pit latrine with manufactured slab (sanplat) no facility/bush/field/lake/river ventilated improved pit latrine (vip) view top 100 |
| d06 | d06 | checkbox | Do you share this toilet with other households? | false true view top 100 |
| d07 | d07 | text | How many households use this toilet? | two households three households four households five households ten or more (10+) households view top 100 |
| d08 | d08 | text | What is the main source of drinking water for your household? | tube well or borehole unprotected well public tap/standpipe protected well surface water (river/dam/lake/pond/stream/canal/irrigation channel) view top 100 |
| d09 | d09 | checkbox | Does this household have electricity? | false true view top 100 |
| d10 | d10 | text | What is the main source of cooking fuel for your household? | wood charcoal agricultural crop residue straw/shrubs/grass electricity view top 100 |
| f01 | f01 | checkbox | In the past 30 days was there ever no food to eat of any kind in your house because of lack of resources to get food? | true false view top 100 |
| f02 | f02 | text | How often did this happen in the past 30 days? | sometimes (3-10 times) rarely (1-2 times) often (more than 10 times) refused view top 100 |
| f03 | f03 | text | In the past 30 days did you or any household member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food? | yes no refused view top 100 |
| f04 | f04 | text | How often did this happen in the past 30 days? | sometimes (3-10 times) rarely (1-2 times) often (more than 10 times) view top 100 |
| f05 | f05 | checkbox | In the past 30 days did you or any household member go a whole day and night without eating anything at all because there was not enough food? | false true view top 100 |
| f06 | f06 | text | How often did this happen in the past 30 days? | rarely (1-2 times) sometimes (3-10 times) often (more than 10 times) view top 100 |
| nfemaleadults | nfemaleadults | number | This measure is a count of the women aged 18 and older in the household roster. The AGE and SEX variables in the HHMEMBERS file are used to generate these variables. The age and sex information collected in individual modules were not used for these measu | 1 2 0 3 4 view top 100 |
| nmaleadults | nmaleadults | number | This measure is a count of the men aged 18 and older in the household roster. The AGE and SEX variables in the HHMEMBERS file are used to generate these variables. The age and sex information collected in individual modules were not used for these measure | 1 0 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| nkids0_1 | nkids0_1 | number | This measure is a count of the children aged 0 to 1 years (i.e., less than 2 years) in the household roster. The AGE and SEX variables in the HHMEMBERS file are used to generate these variables. The age and sex information collected in individual modules | 0 1 2 3 view top 100 |
| nkids0_4 | nkids0_4 | number | This measure is a count of the children aged 0 to 4 years (i.e., less than 5 years) in the household roster. The AGE and SEX variables in the HHMEMBERS file are used to generate these variables. The age and sex information collected in individual modules | 1 0 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| nkids5_17 | nkids5_17 | number | This measure is a count of the children aged 5 to 17 years (i.e., greater than 4 years and less than 18 years) in the household roster. The AGE and SEX variables in the HHMEMBERS file are used to generate these variables. The age and sex information colle | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| nyouth15_29 | nyouth15_29 | number | This measure is a count of youth aged 15 to 29 years (i.e., greater than 14 years and less than 30 years) in the household roster. The AGE and SEX variables in the HHMEMBERS file are used to generate these variables. The age and sex information collected | 1 0 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| hhsizecat | hhsizecat | text | This measure if a recode of the HHSIZE variable. Households are classified by the number of individuals living in the household, where those with 1-5 household members are termed small, those with 6-10 members are termed medium, and those with 11 or m | small - 1-5 members medium - 6-10 members large - 11+ members view top 100 |
| maxeducat | maxeducat | text | This variable is the maximum level of household education. It contains four categories: None, Less than primary, Primary, and Secondary or more. It represents the category of the highest level of education in the household. | less than primary completed primary completed secondary or more no education view top 100 |
| impwater | impwater | text | This is a binary indicator of improved drinking water. It is recoded from variable D08 using WHO and UNICEF classifications. Improved water includes piped water, tube well borehole, protected dug well, protected spring, and rainwater collection. Unimpro | improved not improved view top 100 |
| impsanitation | impsanitation | text | This is a binary indicator of access to improved sanitation facilities. The variable is based on questions D05 and D06 following WHO and UNICEF classifications. Improved sanitation is classified as flush or pour toilets that are flushed to piped sewer sys | improved not improved view top 100 |
| personsperroom | personsperroom | number | This measure is the number of household members per sleeping room in the household. It is created by dividing HHSIZE by the number of sleeping rooms (D04). | 3.0 2.0 4.0 2.5 1.0 view top 100 |
| solidfuel | solidfuel | checkbox | This variable is a recode of variable D10 and identifies the type of primary fuel used for cooking. Solid fuel is coded as a 1 and includes any biomass, such as coal, lignite, charcoal, wood, straw shrubs grass, agricultural crop residue, and animal dung. | true false view top 100 |
| electric | electric | checkbox | This variable is a recode of D09 and indicates, with a 1, that a household has access to electricity. | false true view top 100 |
| roofcat | roofcat | text | This measure is a recoded category of variable D01, roof type. The variable is classified into three categories, natural, rudimentary, and finished, according to the classification used in the questionnaire. | natural finished view top 100 |
| floorcat | floorcat | text | This measure is a recoded category of variable D02, roof type. The variable is classified into three categories, Natural, Rudimentary, and Finished, according to the classification used in the questionnaire. | natural finished view top 100 |
| wallcat | wallcat | text | This measure is a recoded category of variable D03, roof type. The variable is classified into three categories, Natural, Rudimentary, and Finished, according to the classification used in the questionnaire. | finished rudimentary natural view top 100 |
| newf02 | newf02 | text | This is a recode of F01 and F02. It shows how often the household was unable to eat because there was no food and the household lacked the resources to acquire food. | rarely / sometimes never often view top 100 |
| newf04 | newf04 | text | This is a recode of F03 and F04. It shows how often household members went to sleep hungry because there was not enough food. | rarely / sometimes never often view top 100 |
| newf06 | newf06 | text | This is a recode of F05 and F06. It shows how often household members went all day without eating. | never rarely / sometimes often view top 100 |
| hungerscale | hungerscale | number | Derived household hunger scale, ranging from 0 to 6 where higher values indicate greater hunger and food insecurity. | 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 5.0 view top 100 |
| hhhunger | hhhunger | text | This variable is an indicator that a household experiences moderate or severe HH hunger. The weighted mean of this variable is the Feed the Future Indicator of household hunger. | household does not experience moderate to severe hunger household experiences moderate to severe hunger view top 100 |
| littlehunger | littlehunger | checkbox | This dichotomous variable indicates that a household experiences little or no hunger (0 or 1 on the household hunger scale). | true false view top 100 |
| modhunger | modhunger | checkbox | This dichotomous variable indicates that a household experiences moderate hunger (2 or 3 on the household hunger scale). | false true view top 100 |
| severehunger | severehunger | checkbox | This dichotomous variable indicates that a household experiences severe hunger (4 or more on the household hunger scale). | false true view top 100 |
| nages0_4 | nages0_4 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 0 to 4 years old. | 1 0 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| nages5_9 | nages5_9 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 5 to 9 years old. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| nages10_14 | nages10_14 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 10 to 14 years old. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| nages15_19 | nages15_19 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 15 to 19 years old. | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| nages20_24 | nages20_24 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 20 to 24 years old. | 0 1 2 3 view top 100 |
| nages25_29 | nages25_29 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 25 to 29 years old. | 0 1 2 3 view top 100 |
| nages30_34 | nages30_34 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 30 to 34 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages35_39 | nages35_39 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 35 to 39 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages40_44 | nages40_44 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 40 to 44 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages45_49 | nages45_49 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 45 to 49 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages50_54 | nages50_54 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 50 to 54 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages55_59 | nages55_59 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 55 to 59 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages60_64 | nages60_64 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 60 to 64 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages65_69 | nages65_69 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 65 to 69 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages70_74 | nages70_74 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 70 to 74 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages75_79 | nages75_79 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 75 to 79 years old. | 0 1 2 view top 100 |
| nages80_84 | nages80_84 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 80 to 84 years old. | 0 1 view top 100 |
| nages85_89 | nages85_89 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 85 to 89 years old. | 0 1 view top 100 |
| nages90_94 | nages90_94 | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are between the ages of 90 to 94 years old. | 0 1 view top 100 |
| nages95_ | nages95_ | number | This measure is a count of household members in the household who are 95 years old or older. | 0 1 view top 100 |