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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Frequency of condom use (pcond)

Data file: css_abs1partners

Overview

Valid: 549

Invalid: 437

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 42

End: 42

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

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.
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Literal question

In general over the last year, how often do/did you use a condom during sex with him? (read answers)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Always	165	30.1%
2	Mostly	34	6.2%
3	Sometimes	138	25.1%
4	Never	212	38.6%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	2
Sysmiss		435

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 Never, go to Q60(prxtra) in the following version of the questionnaire; v1.
If Never, go to Q72(pexch) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v2a,v2b and v2c.
If Never, go to Q102(pexch) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v3m and v3l.

Others

Notes

Must be blank if No. of times sex with partner

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