STATISTICAL MICRODATA
This archive provides information describing the content, methodology and implementation of census and survey conducted by the NSO of Mongolia, as well as descriptions of micro data files with the variable documentation.

Mongolia - MICS 2000

MICS
Reference ID MNG-NSO-EN-MICS2000-v1.0
Year 2000
Country Mongolia
Producer(s) National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s) UNICEF - UNICEF - Funding of survey implementation
Collection(s)
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
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Possible for a healthy-looking person to have AIDS (ha8)
File: Woman
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Valid cases: 7769
Invalid: 488
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Universe
Women aged 15-49 years
Source of information
Respondent
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 Yes 4614 59.4%
2 No 2621 33.7%
7 Missing 8 0.1%
9 Don't know 526 6.8%
Sysmiss 488
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Is it possible for a healthy-looking person to have the AIDS virus?
Interviewer instructions
This question asks the respondent about specific ways to avoid HIV transmission. They
are focused on the programmatically important ways to avoid HIV - by limiting the number of
partners and by using condoms, as well as probing about misconceptions about AIDS
transmission, such as mosquito bites and sharing food.

Circle the code for the response given. If the respondent cannot provide a 'Yes' or 'No'
answer, circle '9' for 'DK'. Do not prompt the respondent or indicate the "correct" answer in
any way.

National Statistical Office of Mongolia