Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998

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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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AIDS knowledge changed behavior: Other (unspecified) (M_AIDBEHAVOTHMN)

Data file: GHA1998-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 519

End: 519

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

M613. Has your knowledge of AIDS influenced or changed your decisions about having sex or your sexual behavior? IF YES, PROBE: In what way?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

DID NOT START SEX A
STOPPED ALL SEX B
STARTED USING CONDOMS C
RESTRICTED SEX TO ONE PARTNER D
REDUCED NUMBER OF PARTNERS E
STOPPED SEX WITH PROSTITUTES F
STOPPED HOMOSEXUAL CONTACTS G
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
NO CHANGE IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Y
DON'T KNOW Y

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

AIDBEHAVOTHMN indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported changing his behavior in some other way after hearing about HIV/AIDS. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

The related variables AIDBEHAVOTHNSEXMN (MV760W) and AIDBEHAVOTHSEXMN (MV760X) indicate whether the respondent changed his behavior in some other non-sexual or sexual way, respectively, after hearing about HIV/AIDS.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Behavior changes due to HIV/AIDS knowledge Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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