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

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Nov 14, 2025

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Ever cohabited (evercohab)

Data file: css_abs1

Overview

Valid: 4023

Invalid: 20257

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 36

End: 36

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you ever lived with a man as though married?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	3970	98.7%
1	Yes	53	1.3%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		20257

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 No go to Q24(eversex) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v1,v2a,v2b and v2c.
If No go to Q24(mena) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v3l,v3m and v6.
If No go to Q15(mena) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v4, v4b and 5v.
If No go to Q17(eversex) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v7 and v8.

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