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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Can get HIV by witchcraft or supernatural means (M_AIDGETWITCHMN)

Data file: NAM2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 616
End: 616
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
707. Can people get the HIV/AIDS virus because of witchcraft or other supernatural means?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T 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
AIDGETWITCHMN (MV823) indicates whether the man believes the AIDS virus/HIV can be contracted through witchcraft or supernatural means. Not all surveys specifically use the term "witchcraft" in the question. See Comparability.

concept

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