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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Meaning of safe sex: Abstaining from sex (B_SAFESEXNOSEX)

Data file: CMR1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 682
End: 682
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
806) What does 'safe sex' mean to you?

ABSTAIN FROM SEX B
USE CONDOMS C
HAVE ONLY ONE SEX PARTNER D
AVOID SEX WITH PROSTITUTES E
AVOID SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS F
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
DK Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 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
SAFESEXNOSEX (V755B) indicates whether the woman stated, in response to an open-ended question, that abstaining from sex meant "safe sex."

concept

Concept
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