Description

ATGA4 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public military hospital as a source for testing for the AIDS virus. This response category is country-specific to Gabon.

Some samples in the "AT" 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.

ATGA4 (public military hospital) is combined with ATGA3 (public hospital) in ATPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 2012 Gabon sample. IPUMS DHS users interested in using ATGA4 are encouraged to review ATPUBHOS for a more comprehensive response category.

For the 2019 Gabon sample, only "military hospital" is included as a response category, and thus ATGA4 is not combined in ATPUBHOS (all public hospitals), but is included as a stand-alone response category.

Comparability

Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, ATGA4 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

An open-ended question about where one can get tested for the AIDS virus is included in Phase V forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although ATGA4 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in ATPUBHOS, a standard variable that encompasses all public hospitals as potential sources for an AIDS test. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ATGA4 or the Comparability tab of ATPUBHOS for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2012 and 2019 Gabon samples.

Universe