Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADOTHDRUG indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from an informal drug or street vendor for this problem.
Users should be careful to distinguish this variable from STIADPUBDRUG and STIADPRIVDRUG, which refer to public drug sources and private, formal drug sources, respectively.
Comparability
The wording of the response category for STIADOTHDRUG varies slightly across samples. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Survey Text tab for samples of interest.
Drug vendors/stores appear to be distinct from pharmacies in countries that have this response category. Drug vendors may be licensed to sell prescription and nonprescription drug treatments with some restrictions (antibiotics, for example); some drug vendors are unlicensed and thus are less well-regulated.
Comparability - Standard DHS
An open-ended question about where the woman sought advice/treatment for an STI is included in Phases III, V, and VI in the standard DHS questionnaire.
Although responses in this variable are country-specific and not included in the standard DHS modules, they are integrated in STIADOTHDRUG to increase comparability across samples.
Universe
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Burkina Faso 1998: 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.
- Cameroon 2018: Women age 15-64 who had an STI, abnormal genital discharge, or genital ulcer/sore in the last 12 months.
- Chad 1996: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
- Congo Brazzaville 2005: Women age 1549 who have ever had sex, and who had an STI, abnormal genital discharge, or genital ulcer in the last 12 months.
- Congo Brazzaville 2011: Women age 1549 who have ever had sex, and who had an STI, abnormal genital discharge, or genital ulcer in the last 12 months.
- Cote d'Ivoire 1998: 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.
- Ethiopia 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Ethiopia 2011: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Guinea 1999: 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.
- Liberia 2013: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
