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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Thinks not having sex reduces AIDS risk (yes/no) (B_AIDABSTLOWRYN)

Data file: LSO2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 739
End: 739
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
808 Can people reduce their chance of getting the AIDS virus by not having sex at all?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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
AIDABSTLOWRYN (V754BP) indicates whether the woman believes abstaining from sex reduces risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

For a similar variable asked as an open-ended question, see AIDABSTLOWR (V754B).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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