Description

TBCARESL7 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the female respondent reported preferring to seek care at some other NGO facility if she had tuberculosis. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample. 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.

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

Comparability

TBCARESL7 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

TBCARESL7 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although TBCARESL7 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 TBCARESL7 or the Comparability tab of TBCARENGO for more information on the specific categories combined for Sierra Leone 2019.

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