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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Get AIDS from: Mosquito bites (W_AIDGETBITE)

Data file: MDG2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 841
End: 841
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
903. Can people get the AIDS virus from mosquito bites?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'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
AIDGETBITE (V754JP) indicates whether, in response to a yes/no question, the respondent believes that AIDS can be transmitted through mosquito bites.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in AIDTHRUBITE, which indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent stated that AIDS can be transmitted through mosquito bites.

concept

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