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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Intends to postpone intercourse until marriage (W_POSTPONESEX)

Data file: MDG2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 944
End: 944
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
620. Do you intend to wait until you get married to have sexual intercourse for the first time?

YES 1 (GO TO 641)
NO 2 (GO TO 641)
DOESN'T KNOW/UNSURE 8 (GO TO 641)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know/unsure
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
For women who have never had sexual intercourse, POSTPONESEX (V541) indicates whether the woman intended to wait until marriage to have intercourse.

concept

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