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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Cause of tuberculosis: Other (W_TBCAUSOTH)

Data file: LSO2004-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 984
End: 984
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
864 What do you think is the cause of tuberculosis?
PROBE: Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

MICROBES/GERMS/BACTERIA A
INHERITED B
LIFESTYLE C
SMOKING D
ALCOHOL DRINKING E
EXPOSURE TO COLD TEMPERAT F
DUST/POLLUTION G
OTHER ________________(SPECIFY) X
OTHER ______________(SPECIFY) Y
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
TBCAUSOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported some other cause of tuberculosis. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Cause and spread of TB Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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