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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Nov 14, 2025
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First partner (type1stsex)
Data file: css_abs1
Overview
Valid:
8843
Invalid:
15437
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
181
End:
182
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Read out if necessary; circle ONE or specify 'Other'
Not Applicable if age > 30
Not Applicable if age > 30
Literal question
How would you describe your relationship with the first man you had sex with, at the time you first had sex? Was he your.....
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Husband | 4484 |
50.7%
|
| 2 | Boyfriend | 3662 |
41.4%
|
| 3 | Friend | 53 |
0.6%
|
| 4 | In-law | 6 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Sugar Daddy | 3 |
0%
|
| 6 | Stranger | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Teacher | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Cant remember | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Other | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 97 | Not applicable | 600 |
6.8%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 115 | |
| Sysmiss | 15322 |
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 Husband, go to Q57a(agep1stsex) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v3m and v3l.