Definition
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADKE2 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a public community-based distributor for this problem. This response category is country-specific to Kenya.
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.
STIADKE2 is combined with STIADKE1 (public community health worker) in STIADPUBFW (all public fieldworkers) for the 1998 Kenya samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADKE2 are encouraged to review STIADPUBFW for a more comprehensive response category.