Description

TBCARESL4 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the female respondent reported preferring to seek care at a private clinic if she had tuberculosis. This response category is country-specific to Sierra Leone.

Some samples in the "TBCARE" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

TBCARESL4 is combined with TBCARESL3 (private hospital/nursing home) in TBCAREPRIVHOS (all private hospitals and clinics) for the 2019 Sierra Leone sample. IPUMS DHS users interested in using TBCARESL4 are encouraged to review TBCAREPRIVHOS for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

TBCARESL4 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

TBCARESL4 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although TBCARESL4 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in TBCAREPRIVHOS, a variable that encompasses all private hospitals and clinics as potential sources of tuberculosis treatment. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of TBCARESL4 or the Comparability tab of TBCAREPRIVHOS for more information on the specific categories combined for Sierra Leone 2019.

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