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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)
Metadata
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Created on
Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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Sought STI advice from: Public health center (W_STIADPUBHC)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1020
End: 1020
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
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADPUBHC indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a public hospital for this problem.

Some samples in the "STIAD" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

For example, a given sample might include multiple categories for different types of public health centers that could be combined to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in STIADPUBHC.

concept

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