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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Description of partner (ptype)
Data file: css_abs2partners
Overview
Valid:
2100
Invalid:
1126
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
23
End:
24
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
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 to for sex or women you did not want to have sex with.
-Read answers if necessary; circle ONE or specify 'Other'
-Read answers if necessary; circle ONE or specify 'Other'
Literal question
How would you describe this woman?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wife | 0 |
0%
|
| 2 | Girlfriend | 1951 |
92.9%
|
| 3 | Friend | 75 |
3.6%
|
| 4 | In-law | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | Bar girl | 31 |
1.5%
|
| 6 | Stranger | 33 |
1.6%
|
| 7 | Relative | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Can't remember | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Other | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 97 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 5 | |
| Sysmiss | 1121 |
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.