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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2006
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NER_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Intends to postpone intercourse until marriage (W_POSTPONESEX)

Data file: NER2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 907
End: 907
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
520. Do you intend to wait until marriage to start having sex?

YES 1 (GO TO 544)
NO 2 (GO TO 544)
DON'T KNOW/NOT SURE 8 (GO TO 544)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know/unsure
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
For women who have never had sexual intercourse, POSTPONESEX (V541) indicates whether the woman intended to wait until marriage to have intercourse.

concept

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