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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Nov 14, 2025
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First partner (type1stsex)
Data file: css_abs2
Overview
Valid:
6222
Invalid:
12875
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
108
End:
109
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Read out if necessary; circle ONE or specify 'Other'
Literal question
How would you describe your relationship with the first woman you had sex with, at the time you first had sex? Was she your .....
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wife | 997 |
16%
|
| 2 | Girlfriend | 4512 |
72.5%
|
| 3 | Friend | 146 |
2.3%
|
| 4 | In-law | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Bar girl | 11 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Stranger | 17 |
0.3%
|
| 7 | Relative | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Can't remember | 3 |
0%
|
| 9 | Other | 7 |
0.1%
|
| 97 | Not applicable | 521 |
8.4%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 135 | |
| Sysmiss | 12740 |
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 Wife ,go to Q32(cond1stsex) in the following versions of the questionnaire; v2a,v2b and v2c.
If Wife ,go to Q54(cond1stsex) in the following version of the questionnaire; v3l.
If Wife ,go to Q55(cond1stsex) in the following version of the questionnaire; v3m.
If Wife ,go to Q55(spxtra) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.
If Wife ,go to Q54(cond1stsex) in the following version of the questionnaire; v3l.
If Wife ,go to Q55(cond1stsex) in the following version of the questionnaire; v3m.
If Wife ,go to Q55(spxtra) in the following version of the questionnaire; v6.