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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2003
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MOZ_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sought STI advice from: Traditional healer (closed-ended) (B_STIADPRIVHLYN)

Data file: MOZ2003-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 895
End: 895
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
820. The last time you had those problems (PROBLEMS MENTIONED IN 819B, 819C, AND 819), did you do any of the following:

A. Did you seek advice or treatment in a hospital, clinic or private clinic?
B. Did you seek advice or treatment/medicine from a traditional healer?
C. Did you seek advice or treatment/medicine from a pharmacy?
D. Did you seek advice or treatment with friends and relatives?

HOSPITAL/CLINIC

YES 1
NO 2

TRADITIONAL HEALER

YES 1
NO 2

PHARMACY

YES 1
NO 2

FRIENDS OR RELATIVES

YES 1
NO 2
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
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADPRIVHLYN indicates whether, in response to a closed-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a traditional healer for this problem.

IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Comparability tab and should be careful to distinguish this variable from STIADPRIVHL, which collects similar information using an open-ended question.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Source for STI advice, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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