Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

Last modified

Sep 19, 2018

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Final result of malaria from blood smear test (M_MLTBLOODRES)

Data file: TZA2015-M

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	Negative
1	Positive
2	Unreadable
3	Not present
4	Refused
5	Test undetermined
6	Sample not found in lab database
7	Other
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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

MLTBLOODRES (HML32) indicates whether the household member tested positive for malaria in the blood smear test, as well as any problems in testing the sample for malaria.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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