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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Knowledge of condom use for FP and/or STI prevention (C_AIDCONHEARD)

Data file: GHA1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 766
End: 767
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
00 Does not know of condoms
10 Knows of condoms
11 Knows of condoms for FP
12 Knows of condoms for STI prevention
13 Knows of condoms for FP and STI prevention
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
Constructed from a series of questions, AIDCONHEARD (V764) reports whether the respondent knew of condoms, and if so, did she know about using condoms for family planning, for STI prevention, or for both family planning and STI prevention.

Women are asked about their knowledge of using condoms for family planning reasons in the contraception table. AIDCONHEARD also draws upon a question asking about the woman's knowledge of using condoms for STI prevention. This question is worded as "Some people use a condom during sexual intercourse to protect themselves from AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. Have you ever heard of this?" or some slight variation.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in the related variable AIDCONUSE (V764), which reports whether the woman had ever used condoms, and if so, whether she used condoms for family planning, for STI prevention, or for both family planning and STI prevention.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Condom knowledge and attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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