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TB cases (1974-2018) and controls (1998-2018) analytical dataset (Karonga)

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MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01
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Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean
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Karonga -District-wide Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS
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Taking medicines (other that for TB) from the health centre (D) (othmedhco)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 2573
Invalid: 10338
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1214
End: 1214
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Taking medicines (other that for TB) from the health centre
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 1489
57.9%
1 Yes 1084
42.1%
8 Unknown 0
0%
9 Missing 0
0%
Sysmiss 10338
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: othmedicin [taking other medicines] (table[s]: tbold_part1/2, tbold_control)
variable: wherebght1 [where bought other medicines 1] (table[s]: tbold_part1/2, tbold_control)
variable: wherebght2 [where bought other medicines 2] (table[s]: tbold_part1/2, tbold_control)
variable: wherebght3 [where bought other medicines 3] (table[s]: tbold_part1/2, tbold_control)
variable: wherebght4 [where bought other medicines 4] (table[s]: tbold_part1/2, tbold_control)

gen othmedhco=0 if othmedicin==1 | othmedicin==0
replace othmedhc=1 if wherebght1==2 | wherebght2==2 | wherebght3==2 | wherebght4==2
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