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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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Symptoms of STI in men: Weight loss (M_STIMWTLOSSMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 649
End: 649
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
735 If a man has a sexually transmitted infection, what symptoms might he have? Any others?
RECORD ALL SYMPTOMS MENTIONED.

ABDOMINAL PAIN A
GENITAL DISCHARGE/DRIPPING B
FOUL SMELLING DISCHARGE C
BURNING PAIN ON URINATION D
REDNESS/INFLAMMATION IN GENITAL AREA E
SWELLING IN GENITAL AREA F
GENITAL SORES/ULCERS G
GENITAL WARTS H
GENITAL ITCHING I
BLOOD IN URINE J
LOSS OF WEIGHT K
IMPOTENCE L
OTHER _______________(SPECIFY) W
OTHER _______________(SPECIFY) X
NO SYMPTOMS Y
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
STIMWTLOSSMN (MV785K) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the man reported weight loss as a possible symptom of an STI (sexually transmitted infection) in men.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
STI symptoms Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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