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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
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Should people with HIV/AIDS tell their partner (C_AIDSHDPAR)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 732
End: 732
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
804A I am going to ask you some questions about the need for people to be informed about their HIV/AIDS status:
a) should people with AIDS be told about their status?
b) should people diagnosed HIV positive be told about their status?
c) should HIV/AIDS patients tell their partner(s) about their status?
d) should the reporting of AIDS status to health authorities be made mandatory by law?
e) should the reporting of HIV status to health authorities be made mandatory by law?

TOLD ABOUT AIDS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

TOLD ABOUT HIV

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

TELL PARTNERS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REPORT AIDS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REPORT HIV

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
AIDSHDPAR indicates whether the respondent believes people with HIV/AIDS should tell their partner(s) about their HIV status.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
HIV/AIDS opinions and attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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