ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1

Producer(s)

Dr Neil French (Director)

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Karonga HDSS

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Last time sex with partner category (plastsexcat)

Data file: css_abs1partners

Overview

Valid: 871

Invalid: 115

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 39

End: 39

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 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

When was the LAST TIME you had sex with him?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	None	0	0%
1	Days	118	13.5%
2	Weeks	180	20.7%
3	Months	569	65.3%
4	Years	0	0%
8	Unknown	4	0.5%
9	Missing	27
Sysmiss		88

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.

Question post text

If Weeks , go to Q105b(psexlastmon) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.
If Months , go to Q105c(psexlastyr) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.

Others

Notes

Must be blank if No. of times sex with partner, Enter U if last time sex with partner category filled but no partner number has been filled

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