Home / Central Data Catalog / MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-V01 / variable [F1]
central

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

Malawi
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01
Producer(s)
Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean
Collections
Karonga -District-wide Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
Nov 15, 2025
Page views
24777
Downloads
151

Culture result 2 months after diagnosis (D) (cult_res2m)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 1075
Invalid: 11836
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 234
End: 234
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Culture result 2 months after diagnosis
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Negative 1037
96.5%
1 Positive 38
3.5%
Sysmiss 11836
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: tblabno [lab number] (table[s]: tb_specimen, tb_culture)
variable: datecoll [specimen collection date] (table[s]: tb_specimen)
variable: identif [culture result] (table[s]: tb_culture)
Back to Catalog