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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Sought STI advice from: Traditional herbalist (other) (South Africa) (C_STIADZA1)

Data file: ZAF2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 921
End: 921
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADZA1 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a traditional herbalist for this problem. This response category is country-specific to South Africa.

Some samples in the "STIAD" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

STIADZA1 is combined with STIADZA2 (traditional healer) in STIADPRIVHL (all traditional healers/herbalists) for the 2016 South Africa sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADZA1 are encouraged to review STIADPRIVHL for a more comprehensive response category.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Source for STI advice, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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