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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Get AIDS from: Unsterilized needle/syringe (B_AIDGETNEDL)

Data file: ZAF1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 740
End: 740
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
803 I am going to read out some statements about protection against HIV/AIDS. For each statement, please tell me whether you think it is true or not.
People can protect themselves from HIV/AIDS by:
a) having a good diet
b) staying with one faithful partner
c) avoiding public toilets
d) using condoms during sexual intercourse
e) avoiding touching a person who has AIDS
f) avoiding sharing food with a person who has AIDS
g) avoiding being bitten by mosquitos or similar insects
h) making sure any injection they have is done with a clean needle
I) avoid sharing razor blades

DIET

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

FAITHFUL

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

AVOID TOILETS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

CONDOMS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

AVOID TOUCH

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

AVOID SHARED FOOD

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

AVOID MOSQUITOS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

CLEAN INJECTION

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

AVOID RAZOR

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 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
AIDGETNEDL indicates whether the respondent believes HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through unsterilized needles or syringes.

The related variable AIDTHRUINJ indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent named "injections" as a means of AIDS transmission.

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