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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Flag for age at first intercourse (C_AGE1STSEXFLAG)

Data file: GHA2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 969
End: 969
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
613) 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 628)
AGE IN YEARS ___
FIRST TIME WHEN STARTED LIVING WITH (FIRST) HUSBAND/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
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
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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