Description

TBCARESL6 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the female respondent reported preferring to seek care at a Marie Stopes (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.

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

Comparability

TBCARESL6 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

TBCARESL6 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although TBCARESL6 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 TBCARESL6 or the Comparability tab of TBCARENGO for more information on the specific categories combined for Sierra Leone 2019.

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