Home / Central Data Catalog / NAM_2000_DHS_V01_M_V01_A_IPUMS / variable [C]
central

Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
Get Microdata
Reference ID
NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jan 16, 2021
Last modified
Jan 16, 2021
Page views
46989

Low risk of getting AIDS: Abstains from sex (C_AIDLRISKABST)

Data file: NAM2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 741
End: 741
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
810B. Why do you think that you have (NO RISK/A SMALL CHANCE) of getting AIDS?
Any other reasons?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

NOT HAVING SEX THESE DAYS A (GO TO 810D)
USE CONDOMS B (GO TO 810D)
HAS ONLY 1 PARTNER C (GO TO 810D)
HAS LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTNERS D (GO TO 810D)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ E (GO TO 810D)
DON' TKNOW X (GO TO 810D)
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
For women who believe that they are at no risk or only a small risk of getting HIV/AIDS, AIDLRISKABST (V868B) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported believing this because they abstain from sex.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Perceived risk of HIV/AIDS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
Back to Catalog