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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Meaning of safe sex: Abstaining from sex (M_SAFESEXNOSEXMN)

Data file: GHA1998-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 505
End: 505
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
M606. What does "safe sex" mean to you?

ABSTAIN FROM SEX A
USE CONDOMS B
HAVE ONLY ONE SEX PARTNER C
AVOID SEX WITH PROSTITUTES D
AVID SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS E
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DON'T KNOW Z
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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
SAFESEXNOSEXMN (MV755B) indicates whether the man stated, in response to an open-ended question, that "safe sex" means abstaining from sex.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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