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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Last time sex with sexual partner category (nmsexcat)

Data file: css_abs2

Overview

Valid: 9754

Invalid: 9343

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 127

End: 127

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

-Now I will ask about women you have had sexual intercourse with in the last 12 months, apart from your wives. Think carefully. It can include girlfriends, women you had sex with once, women you gave money or gifts for sex or women you did not want to have sex with.

Literal question

When was the last time you had sex with a woman whom you have never married?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	None	7546	77.4%
1	Days	313	3.2%
2	Weeks	499	5.1%
3	Months	1355	13.9%
4	Years	41	0.4%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	1443
Sysmiss		7900

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 none, write 00, then SKIP to Q66(circum) in the following version of the questionnaire; v1.
-If none or over 12 months ago: circle No and SKIP to Q80(parnumchk) in the following version of the questionnaire; v2a.
-If none or over 12 months ago: circle No and SKIP to probing questions in the following versions of the questionnaire; v2b, v2c,v3l , v3m and v6.
-If none or over 12 months ago, circle No and go to the END in the following versions of the questionnaire; v7 and v8.

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