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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2006 - 2007
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PAK_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Symptom of STI: Dark pus-like discharge (C_STIDARKDISCH)

Data file: PAK2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 747
End: 747
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
815) Could you kindly tell me some signs of these infections that you know about?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

WOUND WITHOUT PAIN A
WOUND WITH PAIN B
WOUND, PAIN WITH LOTS OF PIMPLES C
PUS LIKE DISCHARGE D
DARK PUS LIKE DISCHARGE E
SOUR MILK LIKE THICK DISCHARGE F
SPONGE LIKE DISCHARGE G
DISCHARGE WITH BAD ODOUR/DIRTY WATER H
OTHER-1 (SPECIFY) __ X
OTHER-2 (SPECIFY) __ Y
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
STIDARKDISCH indicates whether the respondent reported dark, pus-like discharge as a sign of an STI (sexually transmitted infection).

The related variables STIMDISCH (V785B) and STIWDISCH (V786B) indicate whether the respondent reported "genital discharge" as a symptom of STIs in men and women, respectively. Note that STIMDISCH and STIWDISCH are not limited to "dark, pus-like discharge."

concept

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