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Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
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BGD_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates (MA), and ORC Macro (ORCM)., Minnesota Population Center
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Way to reduce AIDS risk: Seek protection from traditional healer (open-ended) (M_AIDHEALLOWRMN)

Data file: BGD2000-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 486
End: 486
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
703. What can a person do? Anything else?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

ABSTAIN FROM SEXT A
USE CONDOMS B
LIMIT SEX WITHIN MARRIAGE C
LIMIT SEX WITH TRUSTED PARTNER D
AVOID SEX WITH PROSTITUTES E
AVOID SEX WITH PERSONS WHO HAVE MANY PARTNERS F
AVOID SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS G
AVOID SEX WITH PERSONS WHO INJECT DRUGS INTRAVENOUSLY H
AVOID UNSAFE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS I
AVOID UNSTERILIZED NEEDLES OR SYRINGE J
AVOID KISSING K
AVOID MOSQUITO BITES L
SEEK PROTECTION FROM TRADITIONAL HEALER M
AVOID SHARING RAZORS OR BLADES N
OTHER (SPECIFY) W
OTHER (SPECIFY) X
DON'T KNOW Z
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
AIDHEALLOWRMN (MV754K) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported that seeking protection from a traditional healer reduces the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

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