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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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Whether date started living in previous village 4 is an estimate (D) (prefrdate4x)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 22
Invalid: 12889
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 727
End: 727
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Whether date started living in previous village 4 is an estimate
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Full date known 0
0%
2 Day unknown 14
63.6%
3 Month unknown 0
0%
4 Day and month unknown 8
36.4%
8 Not known at all 0
0%
9 Missing 0
Sysmiss 12889
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: prefrest4 [decade estimate of previous village start] table[s]: tb_tbx, tb_tbxto2007, tbold_part1/2, tb_tbo, tb_tboto2007, tbold_control)
variable: prefrmm4 [month of previous village start] (table[s]: tb_tbx, tb_tbxto2007, tbold_part1/2, tb_tbo, tb_tboto2007, tbold_control)
variable: prefryear4 [year of previous village start] (table[s]: tb_tbx, tb_tbxto2007, tbold_part1/2, tb_tbo, tb_tboto2007, tbold_control)

gen prefrdate4x=2 if prefryear4~=.
replace prefrdate4x=4 if prefrmm4==. & prefryear4~=.
replace prefrdate4x=5 if prefrest4~=. & prefryear4~=.
la val prefrdate4x datex
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