Description

ATGA14 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public military laboratory 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.

ATGA14 (public military laboratory) is combined with ATGA13 (public hospital laboratory) and ATGA15 (public university medical laboratory) in ATPUBLAB (all public laboratories) for the 2000 Gabon sample. IPUMS DHS users interested in using ATGA14 are encouraged to review ATPUBLAB for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ATGA14 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 ATGA14 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in ATPUBLAB, a standard variable that encompasses all public laboratories as potential sources for an AIDS test. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ATGA14 or the Comparability tab of ATPUBLAB for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2000 Gabon sample.

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