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TBH Mycobacterium tuberculosis household study 2002

Malawi, 2002 - 2016
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-TB-TBH-2002-v01
Producer(s)
Mia Crampin
Collections
Karonga -District-wide Karonga HDSS
Metadata
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Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
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Variable Groups
  • HSE – HOUSEHOLD SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA – KPS
    • Indentifiers
    • Type of construction of best dwelling in household
    • Source of income (in cash or in kind) given to another household
    • Food and nutrition security, and availability of soap for bathing
    • Possessions. Does anyone in the household possess the following? (This is to know about living standards)
    • Others
  • TBH - HOUSEHOLD MEMBER – KPS
    • Identifiers
    • Household and Residence
    • Education & Occupation
    • Was the subject seen
    • TB symptom screen (for HH members aged = 5 years)
    • Pre-isoniazid preventive therapy screen (for child aged < 5 years)
    • BCG scar survey & Examination & Pregnancy
    • Anthropometric measurements
    • Others and dates

Data file: tb_tbh

tb_tbh TB household member: Unique identifier ident + ghhid
More recently used in TBH study TBH filled for each consenting member other than the case
discontinued use. 2002 - 2016

tb_tbh links to the other MEIRU database table(s) using keys as indicated below in the form tablename key:
gp_skinntest stid+cno
tb_specimen stid+cno

Cases: 7472
Variables: 119

Variables

version
Version
ghhid
Ghhid
stid
Study identifier.
cno
Contact number.
ident
Ident
origid
Origid
mothvita
Mothers alive status
mothdest
Mothers death estimate
mothdyr
Mothers death year
fathvita
Fathers alive status
fathdest
Fathers death estimate
fathdyr
Fathers death year
marital
Marital status.
self
Informant is self
informtid
Ident of informant
originf
Origid of informant
idcase
Ident of case
origcase
Origid of case
idcont
Ident of control
origcont
Origid of control
curhse
Current house
curvil
Current village.
joinest
Join h/hold estimate
joinmm
Join month
joinyear
Join year
rsndirin
Reason for joining
rsnjoin
Reason for joining
posn
H/hold position
previl
Previous village
schlever
Ever been to school
schltype
School type
schlstd
School standard
emp
Employment
occ
Occupation
ind
Industry
trained
Trained
empnum
No. Of employees
seen
Seen today
houseill
Same household as tb case
housedays
How many days
nurseill
Nursed patient
nursedays
How many days nursed
sleepill
Sleep same room
sleepdays
How many days sleep
prophy
Prophylaxis.
cough
Cough
couweeks
Cough weeks
coughmm
Cough months
coughyy
Cough years
coughsput
Productive cough.
enhsput
Eligible for enhanced sputum.
sputfail
Failed to produce sputum.
sputcoll
Sputum collected
spcontgiv
Sputum container given
haemopt
Haemoptysis
shrtbrth
Shortness of breath.
shrthow
Shortness of breath when.
nightsw
Night sweats.
fevers
Fevers.
anorexia
Anorexia.
wtloss
Weight loss/poor weight gain.
malaise
Malaise.
childinh
Child already been started on isoniazid.
childcough
Child currently have cough.
coughdur
Child cough duration.
fever
Child have fever.
feverdur
Child fever duration.
childwtl
Child weight loss/poor weight gain.
bcgscar1
Bcgscar 1
bcgsize1
Bcgsize 1
bcgscar2
Bcgscar 2
bcgsize2
Bcgsize 2
bcgscar3
Bcgscar 3
bcgsize3
Bcgsize 3
examlep
Examined for leprosy.
examglands
Glands examined.
fntbpul
Finding: pulmonary tb
fntbgl
Finding: glandular tb
fntboth
Finding: other tb
fnlep
Finding: leprosy.
fnoskd
Finding: skin disease.
fnother
Finding: other
disease1
Disease 1
disease2
Disease 2
disease3
Disease 3
revmo
Review by mo
refhosp
Referred to hospital
fmrtf
Rtf filled.
fmspec
Gsp filled
fmtbpat
Tb patient form filled.
fmtbcont
Tbo filled.
fmsktst
Gst filled
fmhse
Ghh filled
fmtbhse
Hse filled.
fmoth
Other form filled.
hbres
Hb result.
ictres
Ict result.
labcheck
Lab check.
lchkdate
Lab check date.
lchkcode
Lab check staffcode.
pregres
Pregnancy result.
pregrep
Pregnancy reported.
height
Height
weight
Weight
muac
Muac
intdate
Interview date
rcdr
Recoder1
rcdr2
Recoder2
examdate
Examination date
exmr1
Examination staffcode1
exmr2
Examination staffcode2
exmr3
Examination staffcode3
codr
Coder
chkr
Checker
entryby
Entry by
updateby
Update by
entrydate
Entry date
updatedate
Upadate date
verified
Verified
Total: 119
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