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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Angola, 2015 - 2016
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AGO_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Angola], Ministério da Saúde (MINSA) [Angola], Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) [Angola] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Flag for age at first intercourse (W_AGE1STSEXFLAG)

Data file: AGO2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 941
End: 941
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
712) CHECK FOR THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS. BEFORE CONTINUING, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE PRIVACY.

713) Now I need to ask you some questions about sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of some important life issues. Let me assure you again that your answers are completely confidential and will not be told to anyone. If we should come to any question that you don't want to answer, just let me know and we will go to the next question.
How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the very first time?

NEVER HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 00 (GO TO 731)
AGE IN YEARS ______
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

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
First or ever sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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