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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Place for HIV test: Chemical/drug store (private) (Ghana) (B_ATGH1)

Data file: GHA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 908
End: 908
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
928. Where is that? Any other place?
PROBE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF SOURCE AND CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE CODE.
IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF HOSPITAL, HEALTH CENTER, VCT CENTER, OR CLINIC IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEDICAL, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE.

(NAME OF PLACE) ________________

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT. HOSPITAL/POLYCLINIC A
GOVT. HEALTH CENTER B
GOVT. HEALTH POST/CHPS C
STAND-ALONE VCT CENTER D
FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC E
MOBILE CLINIC F
FIELDWORKER/OUTREACH/PEER EDUCATOR G
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) _____

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC/PRIVATE DOCTOR H
STAND-ALONE VCT CENTER J
PHARMACY K
CHEMICAL/DRUG STORE L
FP/PPAG CLINIC M
MATERNITY HOME N
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) ____ O

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP/MARKET P
CHURCH Q
FRIEND/RELATIVE R

OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
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
ATGH1 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a private "chemical/drug store" as a place to be tested for the AIDS virus. This response category is country-specific to Ghana.

Some samples in the "AT" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

ATGH1 is combined with ATGH2 (private pharmacy) in ATPRIVDRUG (all private, formal drug sources) for the 2008 and 2014 Ghana samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ATGH1 are encouraged to review ATPRIVDRUG for a more comprehensive response category.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
HIV/AIDS testing, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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