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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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How AIDS transmitted from mother to child: During pregnancy (W_AIDTRANPREG)

Data file: MDG2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 849
End: 849
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
909. Can the virus that causes AIDS be transmitted from a mother to her baby:

During pregnancy?
During delivery?
By breastfeeding?

DURING PREGNANCY

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

DURING DELIVERY

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

BY BREASTFEEDING

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
AIDTRANPREG (V774A) indicates whether the woman acknowledged transmission during pregnancy as a way that AIDS can be passed from mother to child. While this information was generally collected using a yes/no question format, some surveys used an open-ended question. See Comparability.

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