LIS Latent TB infection phase 1 and 2 2009

Malawi, 2008 - 2012

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-TB-LIS-2008-v01

Producer(s)

Dr. Anne Ben-Smith, Prof. Amelia C Crampin

Collections

Karonga HDSS Karonga -District-wide

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Reason sputum not collected (sputnot)

Data file: tb_tbi

Overview

Valid: 920

Invalid: 1764

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

if (sputcoll2 = 0= No),Reason sputum not collected

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No cough	695	75.5%
2	Sputum was collectd in th last 3 month	50	5.4%
3	Cough, but no sputum production	80	8.7%
4	Other (specify)	95	10.3%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	670
Sysmiss		1094

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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Notes

Available in versions -,, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 12, 16
Must be blank if sputum collected = 1

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