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

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Nov 14, 2025

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Ever had sex (eversex)

Data file: css_abs2

Overview

Valid: 12750

Invalid: 6347

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 93

End: 93

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask you questions about your sexual activity. I know you may feel embarrassed about discussing this, but let me assure you that everything you tell us will be kept strictly confidential.

Literal question

Have you ever had sexual intercourse? Think carefully. Maybe it was a woman you had sex with only once, maybe it was with someone who was just a friend, with someone you had just met. Even someone whom you may have given gifts/money to in order to have sex. Even someone you didn't want to have sex with.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	2969	23.3%
1	Yes	9781	76.7%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	13
Sysmiss		6334

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 Yes , go to Q29(age1stsex) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v1,v2a,v2b and v2c.
If Yes , go to Q51(age1stsex) in the following version of the questionnaire; v3l.
If Yes , go to Q52(age1stsex) in the following version of the questionnaire; v3m.
If Yes , go to Q54(rxtranum) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.
If No, go to the END in the following versions of the questionnaire;v7 and v8

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