Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Duration of abstinence (months) (W_DURABST)

Data file: IND2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 902

End: 903

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

606. When was the last time you had sexual intercourse?
IF LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, ANSWER MUST BE RECORDED IN DAYS, WEEKS, OR MONTHS AGO. IF 12 MONTHS OR MORE, ANSWER MUST BE RECORDED IN YEARS AGO.

DAYS AGO 1____ (GO TO 608)
WEEKS AGO 2 ____ (GO TO 608)
MONTHS AGO 3 ____ (GO TO 608)
YEARS AGO 4 ____ (GO TO 617)

Categories

Value	Category
00	Less than 1 month
01	1
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
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60+
95	Before last birth
96	Inconsistent
97	Don't know
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

DURABST (V537) reports the duration of the respondent's abstinence (in months). This time interval includes postpartum and non-postpartum abstinence.

concept

Concept

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

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