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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Thinks not having sex reduces AIDS risk (open-ended) (W_AIDABSTLOWR)

Data file: BEN1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 689
End: 689
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

ABSTAIN FROM SEX B
USE CONDOMS C
HAVE ONLY ONE SEX PARTNER D
AVOID SEX WITH PROSTITUTES E
AVOID SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS F
AVOID BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS G
AVOID INJECTIONS H
AVOID KISSING I
AVOID MOSQUITO BITES J
SEEK PROTECTION FROM TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER K
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____________ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
AIDABSTLOWR (V754B) indicates whether the woman reported that abstaining from sex reduces the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

For a similar variable using a yes/no question format, see AIDABSTLOWRYN (V754BP).

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