Codes and Frequencies
Description
MLSRCSOC indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported she saw or heard a malaria message from a friend, neighbor, or family member.
Comparability — Index
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GENERAL Burkina Faso Burundi |
Ghana Mali Niger |
Nigeria Tanzania |
Comparability
Along with universe differences, MLSRCSOC differs across samples in question wording, as described below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
MLSRCSOC is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Burkina Faso [top]
The 2014 Burkina Faso survey includes village in this category.
Comparability — Burundi [top]
The 2010 Burundi survey asks where the respondent has heard that insecticide treated nets protect against malaria.
Comparability — Ghana [top]
The 2016 and 2019 Ghana MIS surveys word this response category as "word of mouth."
Comparability — Mali [top]
The 2021 Mali survey includes churches and mosques in this category. The 2015 Mali survey includes village in this category.
Comparability — Niger [top]
The 2021 Niger survey words this response category as "word of mouth."
Comparability — Nigeria [top]
The Nigeria surveys combine friends, relative, neighbors, and school into a single response category.
Comparability — Tanzania [top]
The 2015 Tanzania survey asks specifically about the messages "Malaria Haikubaliki" (malaria unacceptable) and "Maliza Malaria" (end malaria) in the past year.
Universe
- Burkina Faso 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Burundi 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Cameroon 2022: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2016: Women age 15-49 who have seen or heard an educational message about malaria in the past 6 months.
- Ghana 2019: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 1999: Women age 15-49 who have ever seen or heard an educational message about malaria.
- Kenya 2020: All women age 15-49.
- Malawi 2012: Women age 15-49 who have heard or seen an educational message about malaria in the past 6 months.
- Malawi 2014: Women age 15-49 who have heard or seen an educational message about malaria in the past 6 months.
- Malawi 2017: Women age 15-49 who have heard or seen an educational message about malaria in the past 6 months.
- Mali 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Mali 2021: All women age 15-49.
- Niger 2021: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2010: Women age 15-49 who have seen or heard an educational message about malaria in the last 4 weeks.
- Nigeria 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2021: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2016: Women age 15-49 who have heard or seen an educational message about malaria.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who have seen or heard the slogan "Malaria Haikubaliki" (malaria unacceptable) or "Maliza Malaria" (end malaria) in the past year.
- Tanzania 2017: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2009: All women age 15-49.
