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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Had fever for two weeks or more since age 15 (B_TB15FEV2WK)

Data file: LSO2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 991
End: 991
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 10. OTHER HEALTH ISSUES

1001A) Now I would like to ask you about something else. Since age 15, have you ever had the following symptoms:

a) Cough for two weeks or more?
b) Fever for two weeks or more?
c) Sweating at night?
d) Weight loss?

A) COUGH 2 OR MORE WEEKS

YES 1
NO 2

B) FEVER 2 OR MORE WEEKS

YES 1
NO 2

C) NIGHT SWEATING

YES 1
NO 2

D) WEIGHT LOSS

YES 1
NO 2
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
TB15FEV2WK indicates whether the respondent has had a fever for two weeks or more since age 15.

concept

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