Tsogolo La Thanzi (TLT): Household Listing Data, Malawi, 2009 [Healthy Futures] (ICPSR 39243)
Version Date: Feb 20, 2025 View help for published
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Jenny Ann Trinitapoli, University of Chicago;
Sara Yeatman, University of Colorado-Denver
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39243.v1
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Tsogolo la Thanzi (TLT) is a longitudinal study in Balaka, Malawi designed to examine how young people navigate reproduction in an AIDS epidemic. Tsogolo la Thanzi means "Healthy Futures" in Chichewa, Malawi's most widely spoken language. Data are being collected to develop better understandings of the reproductive goals and behavior of young adults in Malawi - the first cohort to never have experienced life without AIDS. To understand these patterns of family formation in a rapidly changing setting, TLT used the following approach: an intensive longitudinal design where respondents are interviewed every four months at TLT's centralized research center. Data collection began in May of 2009 and was completed in June of 2012. To assess changes on a longer time-horizon, a follow-up survey referred to as TLT-2 was fielded between June and August of 2015.
The Household Listing Dataset are supplementary data related to the Tsogolo la Thanzi [Healthy Futures] longitudinal data series. The Household Listing includes data from the complete household census used to generate the sample for the TLT study. It includes data from all persons living within seven kilometers of the TLT research center.
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This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is strictly prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, this data collection is restricted from general dissemination. To obtain this file, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use agreement in accordance with existing ICPSR servicing policies.
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- For further information please visit the Tsogolo la Thanzi website.
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The purpose of this study was to generate a genuinely representative sample of respondents for the TLT study.
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The household listing questionnaire was administered by a study interviewer and completed by the head of the household or other adult resident from the sample. Household informants provided basic information on every individual who was usually living in that household and answered a short set of questions about household goods and infrastructure. The study interviewer also assessed household roofing material during the visit.
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The study team completed a complete household census of all households in census enumeration areas (EAs) where at least half of the EA was within seven kilometers of the center of Balaka, Malawi to generate the sample for this dataset.
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All persons living within 7 kilometers of the TLT research center in Balaka, Malawi.
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Variables in this study include demographic information and information about respondent's household goods and infrastructure.
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2025-02-20
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2025-02-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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