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Demographic and Health Survey 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1994
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ZWE_1994_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Meaning of safe sex: Other (W_SAFESEXOTHER)

Data file: ZWE1994-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 722
End: 722
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
820) What does "safe sex" mean to you? RECORD ALL MENTIONED

ABSTAIN FROM SEX A
USE CONDOMS DURING SEX B
AVOID MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS C
AVOID SEX WITH PROSTITUTES D
AVOID SEX WITH HOMOSEXUALS E
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
DON'T KNOW 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
SAFESEXOTHER (V755X) indicates whether the woman stated, in response to an open-ended question, some "other" response to define "safe sex."

The meaning of "other" depends on the specific response categories included in a given sample. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Survey Text tab to better determine the meaning of "other" for samples of interest.

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