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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1999
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GIN_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération [Guinea] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Heard of STI: Discharge (W_STIKNOWDISCH)

Data file: GIN1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 700
End: 700
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
801B. What illnesses have you heard of?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES.

SYPHILIS/POX A
GONORRHEA B
AIDS C
GENITAL WARTS/GENITAL TUMORS D
DISCHARGE E
ULCERATION F
PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ W
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DOESN'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
STIKNOWDISCH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported having heard of discharge as a sexually transmitted infection.

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

concept

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