Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2003

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Reference ID

GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Duration of abstinence (months) (B_DURABST)

Data file: GHA2003-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 856

End: 857

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

515. When was the last time you had sexual intercourse?
RECORD 'YEARS AGO' ONLY IF LAST INTERCOURSE WAS ONE OR MORE YEARS AGO. IF 12 MONTHS OR MORE, ANSWER MUST BE RECORDED IN YEARS.

DAYS AGO 1 ___
WEEKS AGO 2 ___
MONTHS AGO 3 ___
YEARS AGO 4 ___ (GO TO 524)

Categories

Value	Category
00	Less than 1 month
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60+
95	Before last birth
96	Inconsistent
97	Don't know
99	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

DURABST (V537) reports the duration of the respondent's abstinence (in months). This time interval includes postpartum and non-postpartum abstinence.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Recent sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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