Retention of adults from fishing communities in an HIV vaccine preparedness study in Masaka, Uganda – IAVI Data Codebook

Permanent Identifier

10.17037/DATA.00000912

Description

Data set containing details of 654 fisherfolk living on the shores of Lake Victoria who were enrolled in an open cohort vaccine preparedness study in Masaka Uganda. They visited the study clinic quarterly to have HIV counselling and testing for a period of two years. At baseline, socio-demographic and HIV risk behaviour data was collected. During follow-up data HIV risk behaviour data was collected every 6 months. Volunteers who did not return for two consecutive visits and those who seroconverted were discontinued from the study.

Data access conditions

The IAVI dataset is made available in two forms:

A fully anonymised dataset that is made openly available.

A fuller dataset that contains additional information on religion, dem_tribe, visdate1 & visdate99, and illicit drug use. This dataset may be used for ethically approved research only, due to the sensitivity of the information and the potential harm if participants were re-identified. Researchers are required to complete an application form and sign a data transfer agreement prior to being provided with the data.

Data Codebook

IAVI_dataset – anonymised

The open dataset contains the following variables.

Retention of adults from fishing communities in an HIV vaccine preparedness study in Masaka, Uganda – IAVI Data Codebook

Variable Name	Variable Description	Answer label	Answer code	Variable type
Site	Study fishing community site		0, 1, 2, 4	Numeric
sex	Sex of respondent			Numeric
		Male	0
		Female	1
agecd	age group			String
		18 to 24	18-24
		25 to 34	25-34
		35 or over	35+
occuptn	Respondent occupation			String
		Fishing/related	Fishing/related
		Hotel/bar	Hotel/bar
		small scale buzz	small scale buzz
		Other	Other
educ	Participant education level			String
		Primary	Primary
		More than primary	More than primary
		None	None
dur1	Duration lived in the fishing community			Numreic
		More than 5 years ( >5 years )	0
		1 to 5 years	1
		Under a year ( < 1year )	3
dem_marital	Marital status			String
		Single	Single
		Married monogamous	Married monogamous
		Divorced/separated/Widowed	Divorced/separated/Widowed
alc	Alcohol consumption status			Numeric
		Never	1
		Sometimes	3
		Daily	4
ris_drunk	Ever been drunk before having sex			Numeric
		Never	1
		Sometimes	2
		Always	3
ris_sores	Genital sores/ulcer			Numeric
		No	0
		Yes	1
ris_away	travelling away from home for more than 2 night per week			Numeric
		No	0
		Yes	1
number_part	Number of sexual partners			Numeric
		0 or 1	1
		2 to 3	2
		4 or more	3
newpart	Having a new sexual partner			Numeric
		No	0
		Yes	1
cond	Condom use with a new sexual partner			Numeric
		No	0
		Yes	1
syphilis	Syphilis status			Numeric
		No	0
		Yes	1
circ	Circumcision status			Numeric
		No	0
		Yes	1
dropped	Did participant drop out of study before its completion			String
		No, participant did not drop out	Did not
		Yes, participant dropped out	Dropped out
id	Participant ID (unlinked)

IAVI_dataset - Full

A fuller dataset may be requested for use in ethically approved research, subject to a data transfer agreement (DTA) being signed. This contains the following additional variables.

Variable Name	Variable Description	Answer label	Answer code	Variable type
religion	Religion			String
		Christian	Christian
		Muslim	Muslim
dem_tribe	Tribe			String
		Muganda	Muganda
		Munyankole	Munyankole
		Munyarwanda	Munyarwanda
		Other	Other
drugs	Illicit drug use			String
		Khat	Khat
		Marij	Marij
		Other	Other
		None	None
visdate99	Exit date (DD/MM/YYYY)			Date
		Missing (not applicable)	.
visdate1	Entry date (DD/MM/YYYY)			Date
		Missing (not applicable)	.