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Demographic and Health Survey 2001-02 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2001 - 2002
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Reference ID
ZMB_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Central Board of Health [Zambia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Created on
Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
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Age at first intercourse (B_AGE1STSEX)

Data file: ZMB2001-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 820
End: 821
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
514. Now I need to ask you some questions about sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of some family life issues. How old were you when you first had sexual intercourse (if ever)?

NEVER 00 (GO TO 524)
AGE IN YEARS ________
FIRST TIME WHEN STARTED LIVING WITH (FIRST) HUSBAND/PARTNER 95
Categories
Value Category
00 Not had intercourse
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
32 32
33 33
34 34
35 35
36 36
37 37
38 38
39 39
40 40
41 41
42 42
43 43
44 44
45 45
46 46
47 47
48 48
49 49
50 50
51 51
52 52
53 53
54 54
55 55
94 Refused to respond
95 At first union
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
AGE1STSEX (V525) indicates the woman's self-reported age for the first time she had sexual intercourse.

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