Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014

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LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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Main reason has not been tested for HIV/AIDS (C_AIDTNOWHY)

Data file: LSO2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 819

End: 820

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

931C) What is the main reason you have not been tested for HIV?

ALREADY KNOW STATUS 01
NOT AT RISK 02
FEAR OF RESULT 03
FEAR OF STIGMA/DISCRIMINATION 04
FEAR OF DEATH 05
FEAR OF DEPRESSION 06
DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET HTC 07
FEAR OF GETTING INFECTED DURING TEST 08
FEAR OF PARTNERS' REACTION 09
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE/IGNORANCE 10
FATALISM/NO CURE 11
TOO EXPENSIVE 12
OTHER REASON 96
DON'T KNOW 98

Categories

Value	Category
01	Already know status
02	Believes not at risk
03	Fear of results
04	Fear of stigma/discrimination
05	Fear of death
06	Fear of depression
07	Don't know where to get tested
08	Fear of getting infected during test
09	Fear of partner's reaction
10	Lack of knowledge/ignorance
11	No cure/fatalism
12	Too expensive
95	Other
98	Don't know
99	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

AIDTNOWHY reports the main reason why the respondent has not been tested for HIV/AIDS.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
HIV/AIDS testing, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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