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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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Reference ID
LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Had weight loss since age 15 (C_TB15WTLOSS)

Data file: LSO2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 994
End: 994
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 10. OTHER HEALTH ISSUES

1001A) Now I would like to ask you about something else. Since age 15, have you ever had the following symptoms:

a) Cough for two weeks or more?
b) Fever for two weeks or more?
c) Sweating at night?
d) Weight loss?

A) COUGH 2 OR MORE WEEKS

YES 1
NO 2

B) FEVER 2 OR MORE WEEKS

YES 1
NO 2

C) NIGHT SWEATING

YES 1
NO 2

D) WEIGHT LOSS

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
TB15WTLOSS indicates whether the respondent has had weight loss since age 15.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
TB experience Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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