Migration and Health in Malawi Study (MHM)
The MHM is integrated with another study in Malawi, the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH). The MHM sample includes cohort members of the MLSFH who migrated in 2001 - 2010. Two other samples are also included in the MHM: all new spouses for migrants who married since a previous interview (in both waves); and a ‘non-migrant’ comparison group of 751 individuals, randomly selected from the MLSFH roster, who had not moved at the most recent wave (second wave). Like the MLSFH, the majority of MHM participants are female, and average age is between 34 and 41 years in both waves. Overall, the total interviewed sample size for the MHM in both waves is 1,809, which includes 983 migrants, 222 new spouses and 604 non-migrants.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
398 (participants)
new spouses for migrants (130)
Age at first data collection
≥ 15 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1998 (Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health)
2007 (MHM)
Primary Institutions
Tulane University
University of Malawi
University of Pennsylvania
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Existing research data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
