Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998

Get Microdata

Reference ID

ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

May 01, 2020

Last modified

May 14, 2020

Page views

44951

Should people with HIV/AIDS tell their partner (B_AIDSHDPAR)

Data file: ZAF1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 730

End: 730

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

804A I am going to ask you some questions about the need for people to be informed about their HIV/AIDS status:
a) should people with AIDS be told about their status?
b) should people diagnosed HIV positive be told about their status?
c) should HIV/AIDS patients tell their partner(s) about their status?
d) should the reporting of AIDS status to health authorities be made mandatory by law?
e) should the reporting of HIV status to health authorities be made mandatory by law?

TOLD ABOUT AIDS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

TOLD ABOUT HIV

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

TELL PARTNERS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REPORT AIDS

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REPORT HIV

TRUE 1
NOT TRUE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

AIDSHDPAR indicates whether the respondent believes people with HIV/AIDS should tell their partner(s) about their HIV status.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
HIV/AIDS opinions and attitudes Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

Back to Catalog