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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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AIDS transmission: Other (correct responses) (M_AIDTHRUOTHCORMN)

Data file: CMR1998-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 483
End: 483
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
602B) How does a person get AIDS?
Any other ways?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

SEX A
SEX WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS B
SEX WITH PROSTITUTES C
NOT USING A CONDOM D
SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS E
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS F
INJECTIONS G
KISSING H
MOSQUITO BITES I
CUTTING WITH SOILED BLADES, SCISSORS, OR KNIVES K
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ W
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
For men who have heard of HIV/AIDS, AIDTHRUOTHCORMN indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported a person can get HIV/AIDS through some other (correct) way. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

The related variable AIDTHRUOTHINCMN indicates whether the respondent knew of some other incorrect way a person can get HIV/AIDS.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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