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 (condreg)

Data file: css_abs1spouses

Overview

Valid: 6716

Invalid: 10414

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 67

End: 67

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

-I will now ask questions about your sexual relations with your husband over the last 12 months.
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Literal question

How often do/did you use a condom during sex with him in the last 12 months?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Always	544	8.1%
2	Mostly	322	4.8%
3	Sometimes	1060	15.8%
4	Never	4790	71.3%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	17
Sysmiss		10397

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

THE FOLLOWING APPLY ONLY IF THE VARIABLE(sexlstyr) IS FROM THE SECTION FOR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CURRENT HUSBAND(S)
If No, go to Q69(condreas1,condreas2 and condreas3) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.
If No, go to Q41(rxtra) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v1,v2a,v2b and v2c.
If No, go to Q71(rxtra) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v3m and v3l.

THE FOLLOWING APPLY ONLY IF THE VARIABLE(sexlstyr) IS FROM THE SECTION FOR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH EX-HUSBAND(S)
If No, go to Q84(condwhynot1-6) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.
If No, go to Q53(rxtra) in the following versions of the questionnaire;v2a,v2b and v2c.
If No, go to Q83(rxtra) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v3m and v3l.

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