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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What sort of cooking fire did you usually use in the wet season? (wetfiretyp)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 989

Invalid: 11922

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1158

End: 1158

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

What sort of cooking fire did you usually use in the wet season?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Open fire (e.g. 3-stonetype)	891	90.1%
2	Kinda fire	36	3.6%
3	Paraffin stove	5	0.5%
4	Gas stove	2	0.2%
5	Electric stove	13	1.3%
6	Others	7	0.7%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	35	3.5%
Sysmiss		11922

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.

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