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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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Reference ID
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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Not having sex at all reduces HIV/AIDS risk (M_AIDABSTLOWRYNMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 524
End: 524
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
708 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
AIDABSTLOWRYNMN (MV754BP) indicates whether the man believes abstaining from sex reduces risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

concept

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