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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Symptoms of STI in men: Weight loss (M_STIMWTLOSSMN)

Data file: GHA2003-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 735
End: 735
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
725. If a man has a sexually transmitted disease, what symptoms might he have? Any others?
CIRCLE ALL MENTIONED.

ABDOMINAL PAIN A
GENITAL DISCHARGE/DRIPPING B
FOUL SMELLING DISCHARGE C
BURNING PAIN ON URINATION D
REDNESS/INFLAMMATION IN GENITAL AREA E
GENITAL SORES/ULCERS G
GENITAL WARTS H
GENITAL ITCHING I
BLOOD IN URINE J
LOSS OF WEIGHT K
IMPOTENCE/NO ERECTION L
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ W
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ X
NO SYMPTOMS Y
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
STIMWTLOSSMN (MV785K) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the man reported weight loss as a possible symptom of an STI (sexually transmitted infection) in men.

concept

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