Definition
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADBD4 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a public maternal and child welfare center 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.
STIADBD4 is combined with STIADBD5 (public health and family welfare center) in STIADPUBHC (all public health centers) for the 2011 and 2014 Bangladesh samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADBD4 are encouraged to review STIADPUBHC for a more comprehensive response category.