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Demographic and Health Survey 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2010 - 2011
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ZWE_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Had more than one sexual partnership 6 months before interview (B_CONCURPARS1)

Data file: ZWE2010-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 854
End: 854
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
616) When was the last time you had sexual intercourse with this person?

DAYS AGO 1___
WEEKS AGO 2___
MONTHS AGO 3___
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
CONCURPARS1 (V854A) indicates the point prevalence of concurrent partnerships in a given sample. This measure is defined as the proportion of women with more than one ongoing sexual partnership at the point six months before the interview.

CONCURPARS1 is constructed based on the woman's responses to questions pertaining to her sexual history. Specifically, the woman was asked when she last had sexual intercourse. If she reported having sex in the last 12 months, she was then asked how long ago she first had sex and how long ago she last had sex with her three most recent partners (where applicable).

For more information about how this variable was constructed, see "Measuring Concurrent Sexual Partnerships: Experience of the MEASURE DHS Project to Date," [URL omitted from DDI.] by Joy D. Fishel, Ladys Ortiz, and Bernard Barrere.

In addition, researchers should be careful to distinguish this variable from CONCURPARS2, which indicates the cumulative prevalence of concurrent partnerships.

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