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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2003
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Reference ID
KEN_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], Ministry of Health [Kenya], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Thinks not having sex reduces AIDS risk (yes/no) (C_AIDABSTLOWRYN)

Data file: KEN2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 756
End: 756
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
808. Can people reduce their chances of getting the AIDS virus by not having sex at all?

YES 1
NO 2
DOES NOT KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don’t know
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
AIDABSTLOWRYN (V754BP) indicates whether the woman believes abstaining from sex reduces risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

For a similar variable asked as an open-ended question, see AIDABSTLOWR (V754B).

concept

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