Definition
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADEG2 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a public rural hospital for this problem. This response category is country-specific to Egypt.
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.
STIADEG2 is combined with STIADEG1 (public urban hospital), STIADEG4 (public university hospital), and STIADEG5 (public teaching hospital) in STIADPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 2005 Egypt sample. Additionally, STIADEG2 is combined with STIADEG1 in STIADPUBHOS for the 2014 Egypt sample.
IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADEG2 are encouraged to review STIADPUBHOS for a more comprehensive response category.