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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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Can get HIV by witchcraft or supernatural means (M_AIDGETWITCHMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 529
End: 529
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
709 Can people get the AIDS virus because of witchcraft or other supernatural means?

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
AIDGETWITCHMN (MV823) indicates whether the man believes the AIDS virus/HIV can be contracted through witchcraft or supernatural means. Not all surveys specifically use the term "witchcraft" in the question. See Comparability.

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