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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Time since last intercourse in months (imputed) (W_TIMESINCESEXM)

Data file: NGA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 918
End: 920
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
625A. Now I would like to ask you some questions about your recent sexual activity. Let me assure you again that your answers are completely confidential and will not be told to anyone. If we should come to any question that you don't want to answer, just let me know and we will go to the next question.

626. When was the last time you had sexual intercourse?
IF LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, ANSWER MUST BE RECORDED IN DAYS, WEEKS OR MONTHS. IF 12 MONTHS (ONE YEAR) OR MORE, ANSWER MUST BE RECORDED IN YEARS. WHEN IS LESS THAN A DAY RECORD '00'

DAYS AGO 1 __ (GO TO 628)
WEEKS AGO 2 __ (GO TO 628)
MONTHS AGO 3 __ (GO TO 628)
YEARS AGO 4 __ (GO TO 640)
Categories
Value Category
000 Less than 1 month
993 No partner
994 With former husband
995 Before last birth
996 Inconsistent
997 Don't know
998 Missing
999 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
TIMESINCESEXM (V529) reports the computed time (in months) since the respondent last had sexual intercourse.

This variable's value is computed from the responses in TIMESINCESEX (V527), with durations exceeding the interval since the last birth recoded as "Before last birth."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Recent sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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