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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999
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NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Low risk of getting AIDS: Abstains from sex (W_AIDLRISKABST)

Data file: NGA1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 697
End: 697
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
809B. Why do you think that you have (NO RISK/A SMALL CHANCE) of getting AIDS?
ANY OTHER REASONS?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

ABSTAIN FROM SEX B
USE CONDOMS C
AVOID MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS D
AVOID SEX WITH PROSTITUTES E
AVOID SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS F
ENSURE SAFE BLOOD TRANSFUSION G
ENSURE INJECTION WITH STERILIZED NEEDLE H
AVOID KISSING I
AVOID MOSQUITO BITES J
SEEK PROTECTION FROM TRADITIONAL HEALER K
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______________ W
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______________ X
DOES NOT 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
For women who believe that they are at no risk or only a small risk of getting HIV/AIDS, AIDLRISKABST (V868B) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported believing this because they abstain from sex.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Perceived risk of HIV/AIDS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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