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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Symptoms of TB: Fever (B_TBSYMPFEVER)

Data file: LSO2009-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1015
End: 1015
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1004B What signs or symptoms would lead you to think that a person has tuberculosis?
PROBE: Any other ways?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

COUGHING A
COUGHING WITH SPUTUM B
COUGHING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS C
FEVER D
BLOOD IN SPUTUM E
LOSS OF APPETITE F
NIGHT SWEATING G
PAIN IN CHEST OR BACK H
TIREDNESS/FATIGUE I
WEIGHT LOSS J
OTHER K
NO SYMPTOMS Y
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
TBSYMPFEVER indicates whether the woman reported, in response to an open-ended question, that fever was a symptom of tuberculosis.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
TB symptoms Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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