Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADCLINYN indicates whether they sought advice or treatment from a clinic, hospital, or private doctor for this problem.
IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Comparability tab and should be careful to distinguish this variable from STIADPUBHOS (STI advice/treatment from a public hospital) and STIADPRIVHOS (STI advice/treatment from a private hospital, clinic, or doctor).
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight variation in question wording, STIADCLINYN is largely comparable across most samples.
Most commonly, the surveys ask a series of closed-ended questions about specific sources of advice/treatment for STIs, using the following wording:
Surveys that significantly depart from this question wording or in how responses are coded are discussed below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
An open-ended question about where the woman sought advice/treatment for an STI in the last 12 months is first included in Phase III, V, and VI of the standard DHS questionnaire. STIADCLINYN and the convention of asking closed-ended questions about sources of STI treatment only appear in Phase IV of the Standard DHS. Given the different methods of obtaining this information across phases, samples from Phase IV are not combined with samples from Phases III, V, and VI.
Comparability — Benin [top]
The Benin 2001 survey question wording departs from the standard question wording, asking, "Did you seek advice from a health worker in a clinic or hospital?"
Comparability — Burkina Faso [top]
For Burkina Faso 2003, the survey question wording departs from the standard question wording, asking, "Did you seek advice from a health worker in a hospital or clinic?"
Comparability — Uganda [top]
For Uganda 2001, the survey question wording departs from the standard question wording, asking, "Did you seek advice from a health worker in a hospital or clinic?"
Universe
- Benin 2001: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Burkina Faso 2003: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Chad 2004: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Ghana 2003: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Kenya 2003: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Madagascar 2003: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Malawi 2000: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Malawi 2004: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Mali 2001: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Mozambique 2003: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Nigeria 2003: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Rwanda 2000: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Uganda 2001: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Zambia 2001: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
