Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Sought STI advice from: Private pharmacy (Ghana) (W_STIADGH1)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1035

End: 1035

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

950. Where was the test done?

PROBE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF SOURCE AND CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE CODE.

IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF HOSPITAL, HEALTH CENTER, VCT CENTER, OR CLINIC IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEDICAL, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE.

(NAME OF PLACE) ________________

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT. HOSPITAL/POLYCLINIC A
GOVT. HEALTH CENTER B
GOVT. HEALTH POST/CHPS C
STAND-ALONE VCT CENTER D
FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC E
FIELDWORKER/OUTREACH/PEER EDUCATOR F
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) _____ G

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC/PRIVATE DOCTOR H
STAND-ALONE VCT CENTER I
PHARMACY J
CHEMICAL/DRUG STORE K
FP/PPAG CLINIC L
MATERNITY HOME M
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) ____ N

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP/MARKET O
FRIEND/RELATIVE P
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER Q
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X

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

Description

Definition

For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADGH1 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a private pharmacy for this problem. This response category is country-specific to Ghana.

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.

STIADGH1 is combined with STIADGH2 (private chemical/drug store) in STIADPRIVDRUG (all private, formal drug sources) for the 2008 and 2014 Ghana samples.

IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADGH1 are encouraged to review STIADPRIVDRUG for a more comprehensive response category.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Source for STI advice, CS Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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