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Demographic and Health Survey 2001-02 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2001 - 2002
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ZMB_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Central Board of Health [Zambia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Low risk of getting AIDS: Abstains from sex (W_AIDLRISKABST)

Data file: ZMB2001-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 774
End: 774
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
816G. Why do you think your chances of getting AIDS are low?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

ABSTAIN FROM SEX A
USE CONDOMS B
HAS ONLY 1 SEX PARTNER C
LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTNERS D
PARTNER HAS NO OTHER PARTNERS E
NO BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS/INJECTIONS F
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ X
DON'T KNOW Z
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
For women who believe that they are at no risk or only a small risk of getting HIV/AIDS, AIDLRISKABST (V868B) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported believing this because they abstain from sex.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Perceived risk of HIV/AIDS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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