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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1996
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ZMB_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Low risk of getting AIDS: Abstains from sex (W_AIDLRISKABST)

Data file: ZMB1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 731
End: 731
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
809A. 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 (GO TO 811A)
USE CONDOMS C (GO TO 811A)
HAVE ONLY ONE SEX PARTNER D (GO TO 811A)
LIMITED NUMBER OF SEX PARTNERS E (GO TO 811A)
SPOUSE HAS NO OTHER PARTNER F (GO TO 811A)
NO HOMOSEXUAL CONTACT G (GO TO 811A)
NO BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS H (GO TO 811A)
NO INJECTIONS I (GO TO 811A)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________________X (GO TO 811A)
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.

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