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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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Jan 16, 2021
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Get AIDS from: Mosquito bites (W_AIDGETBITE)

Data file: LSO2004-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 733
End: 733
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
803 Can a person get the AIDS virus from mosquito bites?

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
AIDGETBITE (V754JP) indicates whether, in response to a yes/no question, the respondent believes that AIDS can be transmitted through mosquito bites.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in AIDTHRUBITE, which indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent stated that AIDS can be transmitted through mosquito bites.

concept

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