Definition
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADBD1 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a public medical college hospital for this problem. This response category is country-specific to Bangladesh.
Some samples in the "STIAD" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.
STIADBD1 is combined with STIADBD2 (public district hospital) and STIADBD3 (public specialized government hospital) in STIADPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 2011 Bangladesh sample. Additionally, STIADBD1 is combined with STIADBD2 in STIADPUBHOS for the 2014 Bangladesh sample.
IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADBD1 are encouraged to review STIADPUBHOS for a more comprehensive response category.