Description

For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADET4 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a public stand-alone voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) center for this problem. This response category is country-specific to Ethiopia.

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.

STIADET4 is combined with STIADET3 (public VCT center) in STIADPUBVCT (all public VCT centers) for the 2005 Ethiopia sample.

IPUMS-DHS users interested in using STIADET4 are encouraged to review STIADPUBVCT for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

STIADET4 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.

Though STIADET4 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in STIADPUBVCT, a standard variable that encompasses all public VCT centers as sources for STI advice/treatment. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of STIADET4 or the Comparability tab of STIADPUBVCT for more information on the specific categories combined for the Ethiopia samples.

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