Description

TBCARESL5 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the female respondent reported she would prefer to seek care at a FPAN (NGO) facility 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.

TBCARESL5 is combined with TBCARESL6 (Marie Stopes) and TBCARESL7 (other NGO) in TBCARENGO (all NGOs) for the 2019 Sierra Leone sample. IPUMS DHS users interested in using TBCARESL5 are encouraged to review TBCARENGO for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

TBCARESL5 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

TBCARESL5 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although TBCARESL5 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in TBCARENGO, a variable that encompasses all NGOs as potential sources of tuberculosis treatment. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of TBCARESL5 or the Comparability tab of TBCARENGO for more information on the specific categories combined for Sierra Leone 2019.

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