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Demographic and Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2012
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NER_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Ministère des Finances [Niger] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Flag for age at first intercourse (M_AGE1STSEXFLAGMN)

Data file: NER2012-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 674
End: 674
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
414) Now I would like to ask some questions about sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of some important life issues.

How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the very first time?

NEVER HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 00 (GO TO 501)
AGE IN YEARS___________
FIRST TIME WHEN STARTED LIVING WITH (FIRST) WIFE/PARTNER 95
Categories
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
8 Missing
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
AGE1STSEXFLAGMN (MV532) 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 his current age (AGEMN (MV012))
2 = Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one year after the conception of his first child
3 = Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year after the conception of his first child
4 = Respondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but the respondent was never married (EVERMARRIEDMN (MV535))
5 = Respondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but his first marriage occurred after the conception of his first child
6 = Respondent reported his first sexual intercourse as being some time after his first marriage

concept

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