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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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Ever been touched sexually against will before age 15 (W_DVS15TOUCH)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 820
End: 820
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
718 Before you were 15 years old, did any man touch you against your will in a sexual way, such as unwanted touching, kissing, grabbing or fondling?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 721)
NO ANSWER 3 (GO TO 721)
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
DVS15TOUCH indicates whether the respondent has ever been touched by a man against her will in a sexual way (unwanted touching, kissing, grabbing, or fondling) before age 15.

concept

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