Demographic and Health Survey 1998
South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M
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Department of Health, Medical Research Council
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Main reason condom was not used (s516a2)
Data file: REC91
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
133
End:
134
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wants children |
| 2 | Low or no risk of STD/HIV |
| 3 | Respondent dislike |
| 4 | Partnerr dislike |
| 5 | Cultural/religious prohibition |
| 6 | Did not know condoms |
| 7 | Did not know how to use condoms |
| 8 | Bad previous experience with condom |
| 9 | Inconvenient to use |
| 10 | Lack of spontaneity |
| 11 | Did not know source of condoms |
| 12 | Embarrassed to get |
| 13 | Inconvenient to get |
| 14 | Didn't have a condom |
| 15 | Cost too much |
| 16 | No/less sensation with condom |
| 17 | Suggests lack of trust of partner |
| 18 | Suggests lack of love of partner |
| 19 | Fear of losing it inside |
| 20 | Wastes sperm |
| 21 | Rubber smell |
| 22 | Burning discomfort when using condom |
| 23 | Prefer sex 'flesh to flesh' |
| 24 | Not cool/manly/trendy |
| 96 | Other |
| 98 | DK |
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.