Definition
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADZW3 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a public central/provincial hospital for this problem. This response category is country-specific to Zimbabwe.
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.
STIADZW3 is combined with STIADZW6 (public district/rural hospital) in STIADPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 1994 Zimbabwe samples.
IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADZW3 are encouraged to review STIADPUBHOS for a more comprehensive response category.