Description

ATGA15 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public university medical 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.

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

Comparability

ATGA15 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 ATGA15 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 ATGA15 or the Comparability tab of ATPUBLAB for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2000 Gabon sample.

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