Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006

Reference ID

BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Age at first intercourse (C_AGE1STSEX)

Data file: BEN2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 988

End: 989

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

519) Now I need to ask you some questions about sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of some important life issues. How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the very first time (if ever)?

NEVER HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 00
AGE IN YEARS ________ (GO TO 521)
FIRST TIME WHEN STARTED LIVING WITH (FIRST) HUSBAND/PARTNER 95 (GO TO 521)

Categories

Value	Category
00	Not had intercourse
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
94	Refused to respond
95	At first union
96	Inconsistent
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Description

Definition

AGE1STSEX (V525) indicates the woman's self-reported age for the first time she had sexual intercourse.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
First or ever sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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