This dataset contains data from sub-Module E4: Non-Food Expenditures over Past Three Months. It is part of 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. Each household with data for non-food expenditures over the past three months has multiple records (for the 39 non-food items in sub-Module E4). (39,819 records ÷ 39 non-food items = 1,021 Module E households with sub-Module E4 data.) The unique identifiers in this long file are pbs_id + e401.

This dataset contains data from sub-Module E3: Non-Food Expenditures over Past One Month. It ias part of 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. Each household with data for non-food expenditures over the past month has multiple records (for the 26 non-food items in sub-Module E3). (26,546 records ÷ 26 non-food items = 10,210 Module E households with sub-Module E3 data.) The unique identifiers in this long file are pbs_id + e301.

This dataset contains data from sub-Module E2: Non-Food Expenditures over Past 7 Days. It is part of 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. Each household with data for non-food expenditures over the past week has multiple records (for the 10 non-food items in sub-Module E2). (10,210 records ÷ 10 non-food items = 1,021 Module E households with sub-Module E2 data.) The unique identifiers in this long file are pbs_id + e201.

This dataset contains data from sub-Module E1: Food Consumption over the Past 7 Days. It is part of 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. Each household with food consumption data has multiple records (for the 113 food items in sub-Module E1). (115,373 records ÷ 113 food items = 1,021 Module E households with sub-Module E1 data.) The unique identifiers in this long file are pbs_id + e101.

This dataset contains data from sub-Module E7: Durable Goods Expenditures. It is part of 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. Each household with data for durable goods expenditures has multiple records (for the 31 durable goods in sub-Module E7). (31,651 records ÷ 31 non-food items = 1,021 Module E households with sub-Module E7 data.) The unique identifiers in this long file are pbs_id + e701.

This dataset contains variables from Module E, the Household Consumption Expenditures module used to calculate the poverty and expenditure indicators. It is part of 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 household-level derived variables (including the expenditure and poverty indicator variables), as well as variables from sub-Module E6: Housing Expenditures. The unique identifier in this household-level file is pbs_id.

This dataset contains data from sub-Module E5 regarding non-food items that may or may not have been purchased (e.g., construction items such as wood/bamboo poles and thatching grass). It is part of 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. Each household with data for these 2-3 construction items over the past 12 months has multiple records. (Note that there is an “other” category of construction items for records from the harmonized FFP Baseline Survey data.) The unique identifiers in this long file are pbs_id + e504.

This 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 contains records describing for all children under 5 years of age 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 data from Module I for children’s anthropometry and infant and young child feeding practices. The anthropometry Z-scores were calculated in SAS during the data management process, using the World Health Organization (WHO) SAS “igrowup” package. The unique identifiers for this file are pbs_id + idcode.

This dataset contains records describing all women age 15-49 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 has one record for each woman with a completed interview in Module H. The unique identifiers for this file are pbs_id + idcode.