Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who had symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in the past 12 months, STIADPRIVFPC indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported seeking advice or treatment from a private family planning clinic, center, or association for this problem.
Users should be careful to distinguish this variable from STIADPUBFPC (public family planning clinic).
Comparability
Apart from universe differences, STIADPRIVFPC is largely comparable across samples. Most commonly, this response is organized under a "Private Medical Sector" header and is worded as "family planning clinic." Some samples use country-specific names of family planning associations.
Samples vary in how they asked about sexually transmitted infections. For example, surveys in Phase V forward generally asked whether the woman had any STI, a genital sore/ulcer, and a genital discharge. In Phase III, the surveys mentioned additional infections. Due to this variation, researchers are encouraged to review the Survey Text tab for samples of interest.
Comparability - Standard DHS
STIADPRIVFPC first appears in Phase III of the Standard DHS questionnaire. Women with a sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months are asked whether they sought treatment and, if yes, are asked an open-ended question about where treatment was sought (e.g., "Where did you seek advice or treatment? Anywhere else?"). The base universe in this phase was women who had a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the 12 months prior to the interview.
In Phase IV, women are asked closed-ended questions about whether they sought treatment at specific sources (e.g., "The last time you had (INFECTION), did you seek advice from a health worker in a clinic or hospital?"). Given the conceptual differences between phases, samples from Phase IV are excluded from STIADPRIVFPC.
In Phase V, STIADPRIVFPC follows the same format as in Phase III. However, the base universe in these phases was women who had a sexually transmitted infection in the 12 months prior to the interview, thus including women who indicated that they did not seek treatment. To increase comparability across phases, researchers may wish to exclude women who did not seek treatment, using the STIADVICE variable (with women who did not seek advice/treatment coded "0").
Universe
- Benin 1996: 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.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Benin 2011: 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.
- 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 15-49 who have ever had sex, and who have had an STI, abnormal discharge, or genital ulcer/sore 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.
- Egypt 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Egypt 2008: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Ghana 2008: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Ghana 2014: 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.
- Guinea 2018: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex, and who have had an STI, abnormal discharge, or genital ulcer/sore in the last 12 months.
- Kenya 2008: 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 2014: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months, in households selected for the male interview.
- Liberia 2007: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection 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.
- Madagascar 2008: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months, in households selected for the male interview.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Rwanda 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Rwanda 2010: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Rwanda 2014: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex and who had symptoms of sexually transmitted infection in the last 12 months.
- Senegal 1997: 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.
- Togo 1998: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sex, have heard of STIs, and who have had a sexually transmitted infection for which they sought treatment in the last 12 months.
