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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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Forced to have sexual intercourse before age 15 (W_DV1SEXACTLT15)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 819
End: 819
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
715 Did this happen before you were 15 years old?

YES 1
NO 2
NO ANSWER 3
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 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
DV1SEXACTLT15 indicates whether the respondent was under 15 the first time she was forced to have sexual intercourse.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sexual abuse from others Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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