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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Reason person may not get HIV/AIDS test: Fear becoming infected during test (W_AIDTNOFEARINF)

Data file: LSO2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 828
End: 828
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
931A) Some individuals choose not to go for HIV testing and counseling. In your opinion, why is this so? PROBE: Any other reason?

ALREADY KNOW STATUS A
FEEL THEY ARE NOT AT RISK B
FEAR OF RESULT C
FEAR OF STIGMA/DISCRIMINATION D
FEAR OF DEATH E
FEAR OF DEPRESSION F
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET HTC G
FEAR OF GETTING INFECTED DURING TEST H
FEAR OF PARTNERS' REACTION I
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE/IGNORANCE J
FATALISM/NO CURE K
TOO EXPENSIVE L
OTHER REASON X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
AIDTNOFEARINF indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported someone might choose not to have an HIV/AIDS test because they are afraid of becoming infected during the test.

concept

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