Description

ATPRIVHC indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the woman reported a private health center as a source for testing for the AIDS virus.

IPUMS-DHS users should be careful to distinguish this variable from ATPUBHC (public health center).

Some samples in the "AT" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

For example, a given sample might include multiple categories for different types of public health centers that could be combined in ATPUBHC to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in this variable.

Comparability — Index

Comparability

In addition to universe differences, the wording of this response category varies slightly across samples. Most commonly, samples categorized this response under a "Private Medical Sector" header and was worded as "health center." Some countries diverge from this standard convention, and, in some cases, multiple categories were consolidated to form a single, more comprehensive response. Countries of particular interest are noted below.

Most commonly, this variable included women who have heard of HIV/AIDS and have never been tested for HIV/AIDS. Other samples diverge from this standard, and in these cases, researchers may wish to exclude women who have not heard of HIV/AIDS (using AIDSHEARD) and who have been tested for HIV/AIDS (using AIDTESTEV).

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.

The responses in ATPRIVHC are country-specific and not included in the standard DHS modules.

Universe