AIDCONKNOW
(V870)
Heard of using condoms to avoid HIV/AIDS
Codes and Frequencies
Description
AIDCONKNOW (V870) indicates whether the respondent has heard of using condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted infections.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, AIDCONKNOW (V870) is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
AIDCONKNOW (V870) is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is included as a standard recode variable for Phase III.
Universe
- Benin 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Burkina Faso 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Cameroon 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Central African Republic 1995: All women age 15-49.
- Chad 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Cote d'Ivoire 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 1999: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Madagascar 1997: Women age 15-49 who have heard of HIV/AIDS.
- Mali 1995: All women age 15-49.
- Niger 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 1999: All women age 15-49.
- Senegal 1997: Women age 15-49 who have heard of HIV/AIDS.
- Togo 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 1995: Women age 15-49 who have heard of HIV/AIDS.
- Zambia 1996: Women age 15-49 who have heard of HIV/AIDS and who did not report starting to use condoms since hearing of HIV/AIDS.
- Zimbabwe 1994: All women age 15-49.
