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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

Cote d'Ivoire, 1998 - 1999
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CIV_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique [Côte d'Ivoire] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Time since last intercourse in months (imputed) (C_TIMESINCESEXM)

Data file: CIV1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 701
End: 703
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
515) Now I need to ask you some questions about sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of some family planning issues.

When was the last time you had sexual intercourse with (your husband/the man with whom you live)?

IF "NEVER HAD RELATIONS", GO BACK TO 502, CIRCLE CODE 3 (MARRIAGE NOT CONSUMMATED) AND FOLLOW THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS STARTING WITH 502.

NUMBER OF DAYS: ___ 1
NUMBER OF WEEKS: ___ 2
NUMBER OF MONTHS: ___ 3
NUMBER OF YEARS: ___ 4
BEFORE THE LAST BIRTH 996
Categories
Value Category
000 Less than 1 month
993 No partner
994 With former husband
995 Before last birth
996 Inconsistent
997 Don't know
998 Missing
999 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
TIMESINCESEXM (V529) reports the computed time (in months) since the respondent last had sexual intercourse.

This variable's value is computed from the responses in TIMESINCESEX (V527), with durations exceeding the interval since the last birth recoded as "Before last birth."

concept

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