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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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Symptoms of STI in women: Genital itching (W_STIWITCH)

Data file: ZMB2001-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 912
End: 912
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
819. If a woman has a sexually transmitted disease, what symptoms might she have?
Any others?
RECORD ALL SYMPTOMS MENTIONED.

ABDOMINAL PAIN A
GENITAL DISCHARGE B
FOUL SMELLING DISCHARGE C
BURNING PAIN ON URINATION D
REDNESS/INFLAMMATION IN GENITAL AREA E
SWELLING IN GENITAL AREA F
GENITAL SORES/ULCERS G
GENITAL WARTS H
GENITAL ITCHING I
BLOOD IN URINE J
LOSS OF WEIGHT K
HARD TO GET PREGNANT/HAVE A CHILD L
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ W
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ X
NO SYMPTOMS Y
DON'T KNOW Z
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
STIWITCH (V786I) indicates whether the woman reported "genital itching" as a possible symptom of STI (sexually transmitted infection) in women.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
STI symptoms Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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