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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1998 - 1999
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BFA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Time since last intercourse in days (W_TIMESINCESEXD)

Data file: BFA1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 723
End: 724
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Now I would like to ask you some questions about your sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of certain problems related to family planning.

515. How long has it been since the last time you had sexual intercourse with your husband/the man with whom you live?

IF NEVER HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS, RETURN TO 502, CIRCLE CODE '3' FOR MARRIAGE NOT CONSUMMATED AND FOLLOW THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS BEGINNING AT 502.

DAYS AGO 1 _____
WEEKS AGO 2 _____
MONTHS AGO 3 _____
YEARS AGO 4 ____
BEFORE LAST BIRTH 996
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31+ days
92 Not married/no regular partner
93 Within last 4 weeks
94 Before last birth
95 With former husband
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
TIMESINCESEXD (V528) reports the number of days that have passed since the respondent last had sexual intercourse. Durations of more than 30 days are grouped into "31+."

If the respondent reported having sexual intercourse in the last 4 weeks but replied that her last sexual intercourse was one month before the interview (in TIMESINCESEX (V527), this response is recoded to "30" in TIMESINCESEXD. In all other cases, a response of "One month" in TIMESINCESEX is coded as "31+."

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