Description

TBTREPUBOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the female respondent reported receiving treatment or advice from some "other" public medical facility when she had tuberculosis symptoms. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific places for TB treatment included in a given sample.

Comparability

TBTREPUBOTH has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

TBTREPUBOTH and other responses on where female respondents went to receive treatment for tuberculosis are part of a country-specific question not included on the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe