ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1

Producer(s)

Dr Neil French (Director)

Collections

Karonga HDSS

Metadata

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Nov 14, 2025

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Nov 18, 2025

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Partner older/younger (pagerel)

Data file: css_abs1partners

Overview

Valid: 295

Invalid: 691

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 28

End: 28

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I will ask about men you have had sexual intercourse with in the last 12 months, apart from your husband(s). Think carefully. It can include boyfriends, men you had sex with once, men who gave you money or gifts for sex, or men you did not want to have sex with or who forced you to have sex.

Literal question

OR , Is he older / younger than you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Same age	46	15.6%
2	Older	218	73.9%
3	Younger	31	10.5%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		691

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.

Others

Notes

Must be blank if age of partner filled or age of partner = 99/98

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