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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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Heard of STI: Discharge/genital ulcers (M_STIKNOWDISULMN)

Data file: CMR1998-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 590
End: 590
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
601B) What illnesses have you heard of?

RECORD ALL RESPONSES

SYPHILIS/POX A
GONORRHEA B
AIDS C
GENITAL WARTS/GENITAL TUMORS D
DISCHARGE/ULCERATIONS E
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ W
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
DK 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
STIKNOWDISULMN indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported having heard of genital discharge or ulcers as a (sign of ) sexually transmitted infection.

The related variable STIKNOWDISCHMN indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported having heard of discharge as a sexually transmitted infection. The related variable STIKNOWULCMN indicates whether the respondent reported having heard of genital ulcers as a sexually transmitted infection.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
STI knowledge Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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