Description

ATGM1 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the female respondent reported an NGO hospital or clinic as a place to be tested for the AIDS virus. This response category is country-specific to Gambia.

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.

ATGM1 is combined with ATGM2 (NGO mobile clinic), ATGM3 (NGO family planning clinic), and ATGM4 (Other NGOs) in ATNGO (all NGOs) for the 2013 Gambia. IPUMS DHS users interested in using ATGM1 are encouraged to review ATNGO for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ATGM1 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 ATGM1 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in ATNGO, a standard variable that encompasses all NGOs as potential sources for an AIDS test. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ATGM1 or the Comparability tab of ATNGO for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2013 Gambia sample.

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