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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Total sexual partners (partnum)

Data file: css_abs1

Overview

Valid: 14514

Invalid: 9766

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 185

End: 187

Width: 3

Range: 0 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

-To total 60a (spouchk)and 60b(othpart), check with participant and record total number in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.
-To total 19a (spouchk)and 19b(othpart),check with participant and record total number in the following versions of the questionnaire; v7 , v7b and v8.

Literal question

How many men have you had sex with in your life, in total (including current spouse)?

Categories

Value	Category
998	Unknown
999	Missing

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 1 man , go to Q63(partnumlst) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.
If 1 man , go to Q22(partnumlst) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v7 ,v7b and v8.

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