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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Jan 16, 2021

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Flag for age at first intercourse (W_AGE1STSEXFLAG)

Data file: NAM2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 934

End: 934

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
0	No flag
1	After interview
2	After conception by 1 year or more
3	After conception by less than 1 year
4	At marriage, but never married
5	At marriage, but after conception
6	After marriage

Description

Definition

AGE1STSEXFLAG (V532) is a flag variable reporting the type of inconsistency found when editing responses about when the respondent first had sexual intercourse.

Below are descriptions of each code:

0 = No flag
1 = Respondent reported age at first sexual intercourse that exceeds her current age (AGE (V012))
2 = Respondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one year after the conception of her first child
3 = Respondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year after the conception of her first child
4 = Respondent reported that her first sexual intercourse was at the time of her first marriage, but the respondent was never married (EVERMARRIED (V535))
5 = Respondent reported that her first sexual intercourse was at the time of her first marriage, but her first marriage occurred after the conception of her first child
6 = Respondent reported her first sexual intercourse as being some time after her first marriage

concept

Concept

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

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