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
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Created on
Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
Nov 15, 2025
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Reason for joining (rsnjoin)
Data file: tb_tbh
Overview
Valid:
3838
Invalid:
3634
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
111
End:
113
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Reason for joining
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marriage | 1244 |
32.4%
|
| 2 | Divorce/separation | 407 |
10.6%
|
| 3 | Widowhood | 220 |
5.7%
|
| 4 | Visiting | 17 |
0.4%
|
| 5 | School/training (start or end) | 95 |
2.5%
|
| 6 | Work/employment (start or end) | 30 |
0.8%
|
| 7 | Sickness (own) | 56 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | Nursing (someone else) | 37 |
1%
|
| 9 | Death/bereavement | 344 |
9%
|
| 10 | Returning family member (no more specific cause known) | 119 |
3.1%
|
| 11 | Quarrel (family or neighbourhood) | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Attending ceremony (funeral, wedding, etc.) | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Environmental/foreign/outside reason (e.g. refugee, house collapse) | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 14 | Joining relative's household (no more specific reason known) | 616 |
16.1%
|
| 15 | Retirement | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 16 | Improved living conditions | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | Born in the same family | 0 |
0%
|
| 18 | Other | 25 |
0.7%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 601 |
15.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 3634 |
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
valid code in val_rsnmove or 99 = missing or blank. Must be 99 if rsndirin = 9
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