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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
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Way to reduce AIDS risk: Not having sex (open-ended) (M_AIDABSTLOWRMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 531
End: 531
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
711 What can a person do? Anything else?
RECORD ALL WAYS MENTIONED.

ABSTAIN FROM SEX A
USE CONDOMS B
LIMIT SEX TO ONE PARTNER/STAY FAITHFUL TO ONE PARTNER C
LIMIT NUMBER OF SEXUAL PARTNERS D
AVOID SEX WITH PROSTITUTES E
AVOID SEX WITH PERSONS WHO HAVE MANY PARTNERS F
AVOID SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS G
AVOID SEX WITH PERSONS WHO INJECT DRUGS INTRAVENOUSLY H
AVOID BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS I
AVOID INJECTIONS J
AVOID SHARING RAZORS/BLADES K
AVOID KISSING L
AVOID MOSQUITO BITES M
SEEK PROTECTION FROM TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER N
OTHER __________ (SPECIFY) W
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____________ X
DON'T KNOW Z
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
AIDABSTLOWRMN (MV754B) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported that abstaining from sex reduces the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

For a similar variable using a yes/no question format, see AIDABSTLOWRYNMN (MV754BP).

concept

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