Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004

Reference ID

LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Flag for age at first intercourse (M_AGE1STSEXFLAGMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 598

End: 598

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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
8	Missing

Description

Definition

AGE1STSEXFLAGMN (MV532) 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 his current age (AGEMN (MV012))
2 = Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one year after the conception of his first child
3 = Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year after the conception of his first child
4 = Respondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but the respondent was never married (EVERMARRIEDMN (MV535))
5 = Respondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but his first marriage occurred after the conception of his first child
6 = Respondent reported his first sexual intercourse as being some time after his first marriage

concept

Concept

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

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