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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Should teach children 12-14 to wait until marriage for sex (B_SXTCHWAIT4MAR)

Data file: NAM2006-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 946
End: 946
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
941. Should children age 12-14 be taught about using a condom to avoid getting HIV/AIDS? Should children age 12-14 be taught to wait until they get married to have sexual intercourse in order to avoid getting

YES 1
NO 2
DK/NOT SURE/DEPENDS 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
SXTCHWAIT4MAR (V849) indicates whether the woman believes children age 12-14 should be taught to wait for sex until they are married, to avoid getting HIV/AIDS.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sexual attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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