Description

ATKM3 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public urban medical center as a source for testing for the AIDS virus. This response category is country-specific to Comoros.

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.

ATKM3 is combined with ATKM1 (public medical center) and ATKM2 (public medical-surgical center) in ATPUBHC (all public health centers) for the 2012 Comoros sample. IPUMS DHS users interested in using ATKM3 are encouraged to review ATPUBHC for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ATKM3 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 ATKM3 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in ATPUBHC, a standard variable that encompasses all public health centers as potential sources for an AIDS test. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ATKM3 or the Comparability tab of ATPUBHC for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2012 Comoros sample.

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