TB cases (1974-2018) and controls (1998-2018) analytical dataset (Karonga)
Malawi
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01
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Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean
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Main occupation (D) (occ)
Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final
Overview
Valid:
7098
Invalid:
5813
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
73
End:
74
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Main occupation
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Not working | 1139 |
16%
|
| 11 | Teachers, nurses, clergy, writers | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Teachers | 116 |
1.6%
|
| 13 | Health professionals | 30 |
0.4%
|
| 14 | Clergy | 11 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | Other professionals | 50 |
0.7%
|
| 22 | Managing small family business | 0 |
0%
|
| 23 | Management in large organisations | 31 |
0.4%
|
| 24 | Small family business | 293 |
4.1%
|
| 25 | Commercial farmer | 9 |
0.1%
|
| 26 | Traditional authority | 3 |
0%
|
| 30 | Small trader/store keeper | 0 |
0%
|
| 31 | Desk, shop or official outdoor jobs | 0 |
0%
|
| 32 | Small trader/store | 283 |
4%
|
| 33 | Office worker | 51 |
0.7%
|
| 34 | Barman/girl, waiter | 22 |
0.3%
|
| 35 | Sales assistant | 32 |
0.5%
|
| 36 | Army/police | 14 |
0.2%
|
| 37 | Clinical assistants | 27 |
0.4%
|
| 39 | Other non-manual | 17 |
0.2%
|
| 41 | Modern skills | 0 |
0%
|
| 42 | Traditional craft | 0 |
0%
|
| 43 | Crafts and related skills | 264 |
3.7%
|
| 44 | Driver/assistant driver | 82 |
1.2%
|
| 45 | African Doctor/herbalist | 20 |
0.3%
|
| 49 | Other skilled manual | 76 |
1.1%
|
| 51 | Agriculture | 0 |
0%
|
| 52 | Other manual work | 0 |
0%
|
| 53 | Subsistence farmer | 4093 |
57.7%
|
| 54 | Herdsman | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 55 | Fisherman | 143 |
2%
|
| 56 | Labourer | 96 |
1.4%
|
| 57 | Security guard/watchman | 112 |
1.6%
|
| 58 | House boy/girl | 18 |
0.3%
|
| 59 | Other unskilled manual | 61 |
0.9%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 57 | |
| Sysmiss | 5756 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
variable: occ (table[s]: tb_tbx, tbold_part1/2, tb_tbo, tb_tboto2007, tbold_control)