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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2005 - 2006
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ZWE_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Should teach children 12-14 to wait until marriage for sex (W_SXTCHWAIT4MAR)

Data file: ZWE2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 945
End: 945
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
952) Should children age 12-14 be taught to wait until they get married to have sexual intercourse in order to avoid HIV infection?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/NOT SURE/DEPENDS 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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
SXTCHWAIT4MAR (V849) indicates whether the woman believes children age 12-14 should be taught to wait for sex until they are married, to avoid getting HIV/AIDS.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sexual attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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