Demographic and Health Survey 1993

Burkina Faso, 1992 - 1993

Reference ID

BFA_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Flag for age at first intercourse (C_AGE1STSEXFLAG)

Data file: BFA1993-C

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
0	No flag
1	After interview
2	After conception by 1 year or more
3	After conception by less than 1 year
4	At marriage, but never married
5	At marriage, but after conception
6	After marriage

Description

Definition

AGE1STSEXFLAG (V532) is a flag variable reporting the type of inconsistency found when editing responses about when the respondent first had sexual intercourse.

Below are descriptions of each code:

0 = No flag
1 = Respondent reported age at first sexual intercourse that exceeds her current age (AGE (V012))
2 = Respondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one year after the conception of her first child
3 = Respondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year after the conception of her first child
4 = Respondent reported that her first sexual intercourse was at the time of her first marriage, but the respondent was never married (EVERMARRIED (V535))
5 = Respondent reported that her first sexual intercourse was at the time of her first marriage, but her first marriage occurred after the conception of her first child
6 = Respondent reported her first sexual intercourse as being some time after her first marriage

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
First or ever sexual experience Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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