Description

ATZW8 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a private voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) center as a place to be tested for the AIDS virus. This response category is country-specific to Zimbabwe.

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.

ATZW8 is combined with ATZW9 (other private VCT center) in ATPRIVVCT (all private VCT centers) for the 2005 Zimbabwe sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ATZW8 are encouraged to review ATPRIVVCT for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ATZW8 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.

Though ATZW8 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in ATPRIVVCT, a standard variable that encompasses all private voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) centers as potential sources for an AIDS test. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ATZW8 or the Comparability tab of ATPRIVVCT for more information on the specific categories combined for the Zimbabwe samples.

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