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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2016
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UGA_2016_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Ever had HPV vaccine to prevent cancer (H_HPVACEV)

Data file: UGA2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 756
End: 756
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IF FEMALE AGE 10-14 YEARS

HPV VACCINATION

22) Has (NAME) ever had the HPV vaccine to prevent cancer?

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
HPVACEV indicates whether the person ever had the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine to prevent cancer.

HPV is transmitted during intimate sexual contact. Vaccination against HPV is recommended for before the person starts having sex.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General healthcare Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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