Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998

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Reference ID

ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Flag for age at first intercourse (C_AGE1STSEXFLAG)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 777

End: 777

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

519 How old were you when you first had sexual intercourse?

AGE _____
FIRST TIME WHEN MARRIED 96

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

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

concept

Concept

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

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