Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Time since last intercourse in months (imputed) (C_TIMESINCESEXM)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 918

End: 920

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

626. When was the last time you had sexual intercourse?

IF LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, ANSWER MUST BE RECORDED IN DAYS, WEEKS OR MONTHS. IF 12 MONTHS (ONE YEAR) OR MORE, ANSWER MUST BE RECORDED IN YEARS.

DAYS AGO 1 ___
WEEKS AGO 2 ___
MONTHS AGO 3 ___
YEARS AGO 4 ___ (GO TO 640)

Categories

Value	Category
000	Less than 1 month
993	No partner
994	With former husband
995	Before last birth
996	Inconsistent
997	Don't know
998	Missing
999	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

TIMESINCESEXM (V529) reports the computed time (in months) since the respondent last had sexual intercourse.

This variable's value is computed from the responses in TIMESINCESEX (V527), with durations exceeding the interval since the last birth recoded as "Before last birth."

concept

Concept

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

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