Description

ATGA3 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public 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.

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

Comparability

ATGA3 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 ATGA3 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 ATGA3 or the Comparability tab of ATPUBHOS for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2012 Gabon sample.

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