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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Symptoms of STI in women: Redness, inflammation (B_STIWREDNESS)

Data file: GHA2003-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 964
End: 964
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
819. If a woman has a sexually transmitted disease, what symptoms might she have?
Any others? RECORD ALL SYMPTOMS MENTIONED.

ABDOMINAL PAIN A
GENITAL DISCHARGE/DRIPPING B
FOUL SMELLING DISCHARGE C
BURNING PAIN ON URNINATION D
REDNESS/INFLAMMATION IN GENITAL AREA E
SWELLING IN GENITAL AREA F
GENITAL SORES/ULCERS G
GENITAL WARTS H
GENITAL ITCHING I
BLOOD IN URINE J
LOSS OF WEIGHT K
HARD TO GET PREGNANT/HAVE CHILD L
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ W
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
NO SYMPTOMS Y
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
0 No
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
STIWREDNESS (V786E) indicates whether the woman reported "redness/inflammation in the genital area" as a possible symptom of STI (sexually transmitted infection) in women.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
STI symptoms Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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