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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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First time sex with partner number (pfirstsexnum)

Data file: css_abs1partners

Overview

Valid: 964
Invalid: 22
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 36
End: 37
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
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
First time sex with partner( number)
Categories
Value Category
98 Unknown
99 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.

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Notes
Range: 1:30 if How long after 1st sex is 1 ; Range: 1:4 if How long after 1st sex is 2 ; Range: 1:12 if How long after 1st sex is 3 ; Range: 1:25 if How long after 1st sex is 4
Must be blank if First time sex with partner category = 8 or 9
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