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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Check no. of spouses (spouchk)

Data file: css_abs2

Overview

Valid: 3811

Invalid: 15286

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 102

End: 103

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

-Now I will ask you about the total number of women you have had sex with in your lifetime, including those you married or didn't. Please include women whom you have had sex only once or those you did not want to have sex with.
-Check no. of spouses

Literal question

You have told me that you have (X) wives? Is that right?

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.

Question post text

-Record the corrected number(00 if none)

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