AIDS from mother to child during pregnancy
(HA9A)
File: Woman
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range:
1-9
| Valid cases: 6521 (6526.1)
Invalid: 1536 (1535.5)
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 8
|
Universe
Women aged 15-49 years and who ever heard of the virus HIV or and illness called AIDS
Source of information
The eligible woman selected for interview
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|
|
1
|
Yes
|
5385
| 5391 | ![]() 82.6%
|
|
2
|
No
|
616
| 615 | ![]() 9.4%
|
|
8
|
Don't know
|
520
| 520 | ![]() 8.0%
|
|
Sysmiss
| |
1536
| 1535 | |
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
Can the AIDS virus be transmitted from a mother to a baby?
During pregnancy?
Interviewer instructions
An understanding of more in-depth AIDS related knowledge is obtained with this question, which aims to elicit whether the woman knows that a mother who has AIDS can pass on the disease to her baby.
Circle the code for the response given. The question asks whether the respondent thinks that a mother with AIDS can transfer the disease to the baby "During pregnancy" him/her. Circle '1' for 'Yes' and '2' for 'No'. If the woman does not know of these or is unsure, circle '8'.
