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Demographic and Health Survey 2001-02 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2001 - 2002
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ZMB_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Central Board of Health [Zambia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Time since last intercourse in months (imputed) (C_TIMESINCESEXM)

Data file: ZMB2001-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 795
End: 797
Width: 3
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
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."

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