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MDG Endline Survey 2013-2014

Malawi, 2013 - 2014
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MWI_2013_MES_v01_M
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United Nations Children’s Fund, National Statistical Office of Malawi
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Relationship to last sexual partner (SB5)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 18484
Invalid: 6946
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 302
End: 302
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What was your relationship to this person with whom you last had sexual intercourse?
Categories
Value Category
1 Husband
2 Cohabiting partner
3 Boyfriend
4 Casual acquaintance
6 Other
9 Missing
Sysmiss
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.
Interviewer instructions
Probe to ensure that the response refers to the relationship at the time of sexual intercourse. If the person is 'boyfriend', ask: “Were you living together as if married?” If 'Yes', circle '2' for 'Cohabiting partner'. If 'No', circle '3' for 'Boyfriend' and skip to SB7.

Note that we are interested in the relationship of the woman with the person mentioned at the time they last engaged in sexual intercourse. For example, if a woman's last partner was a boyfriend she was living with at the time, you would record 'Cohabiting partner' even though they are no longer living together. They were living together at the time of the sexual encounter. Record the status of the relationship that existed at the time the two people last had sexual intercourse. It is most important to determine whether or not the sexual partner was someone the respondent was living with at the time they last had sexual intercourse.
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