Description

STIADGN6 indicates whether the female respondent reported seeking advice or treatment from a private health clinic the last time she experienced symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection. This response category is country-specific to Guinea.

Some samples in the "STIAD" 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.

STIADGN6 (private health clinic) is combined with STIADGN1 (private hospital/clinic) and STIADGN2 (private doctor) in STIADPRIVHOS (all private hospitals/clinics/doctors) for the 2018 Guinea sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADGN6 are encouraged to review STIADPRIVHOS for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

STIADGN6 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

An open-ended question about where the woman received advice/treatment for an STI is included in Phases III, V and VI forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although STIADGN6 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in STIADPRIVHOS, a standard variable that encompasses all private hospitals, clinics, and doctors as sources for STI advice/treatment. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of STIADGN6 or the Comparability tab of STIADPRIVHOS for more information on the specific categories combined for the Guinea samples.

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