Description

ATGN2 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public regional hospital as a place to be tested for the AIDS virus. This response category is country-specific to Guinea.

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.

ATGN2 is combined with ATGN1 (public university hospital) and ATGN3 (public referral hospital) in ATPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 2005 Guinea sample.

ATGN2 is combined with ATGN4 (government national hospital) and ATGN5 (government prefectoral hospital/communal medical center) in ATPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 2018 Guinea sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ATGN2 are encouraged to review ATPUBHOS for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, ATGN2 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.

Though ATGN2 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 ATGN2 or the Comparability tab of ATPUBHOS for more information on the specific categories combined for the Guinea samples.

Universe