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 had sex (eversex)

Data file: css_abs1

Overview

Valid: 16635

Invalid: 7645

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 165

End: 165

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask you questions about your sexual activity. I know you may feel embarrassed about discussing this, but let me assure you that everything you tell us will be kept strictly confidential.

Literal question

Have you ever had sexual intercourse? Think carefully. Maybe it was a man you had sex with only once, maybe it was with someone who was just a friend, with someone you had just met. Even someone who you didn't want to have sex with or who may have forced you to have sex, or someone who gave you gifts/money in order to have sex.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	3370	20.3%
1	Yes	13265	79.7%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	48
Sysmiss		7597

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 Yes, go to Q29(age1stsex) in the following versions of the questionnaire;v1,v2a,v2b and v2c.
If Yes, go to Q59(age1stsex) in the following versions of the questionnaire;v3l and v3m.
If Yes, go to Q54(age1stsex) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6
If No, go to Q27(mena) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v7,v7b and v8

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