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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Time since last intercourse in months (imputed) (W_TIMESINCESEXM)

Data file: BEN1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 748
End: 750
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
515) Now I would like 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/live-in partner)?

DAYS AGO 1 ____
WEEKS AGO 2 ____
MONTHS AGO 3 ____
YEARS AGO 4 ____
BEFORE 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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