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Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
BGD_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates (MA), and ORC Macro (ORCM)., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Flag for age at first intercourse (M_AGE1STSEXFLAGMN)

Data file: BGD2000-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 509
End: 509
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
405. Now I need to ask you some questions about sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of some family life issues. How old were you when you first had sexual intercourse (if ever)?

NEVER 00 (GO TO 501)
AGE IN YEARS ___
FIRST TIME WHEN STARTED LIVING WITH (FIRST) WIFE 96
Categories
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
8 Missing
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
AGE1STSEXFLAGMN (MV532) 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 his current age (AGEMN (MV012))
2 = Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one year after the conception of his first child
3 = Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year after the conception of his first child
4 = Respondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but the respondent was never married (EVERMARRIEDMN (MV535))
5 = Respondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but his first marriage occurred after the conception of his first child
6 = Respondent reported his first sexual intercourse as being some time after his first marriage

concept

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