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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Age at first intercourse (B_AGE1STSEX)

Data file: IND2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 987
End: 988
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
316. CHECK FOR THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS. BEFORE CONTINUING, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE PRIVACY.

Now I need to ask you some questions about sexual life in order to gain a better understanding of some family life issues. Let me assure you again that your answers are completely confidential and will not be told to anyone. If you do not want to answer, just let me know and I will skip to the next question.

How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the very first time?

NEVER HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 00
AGE IN YEARS __ __
FIRST TIME WHEN STARTED LIVING WITH (FIRST) HUSBAND 95
Categories
Value Category
00 Not had intercourse
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
21 21
22 22
23 23
24 24
25 25
26 26
27 27
28 28
29 29
30 30
31 31
32 32
33 33
34 34
35 35
36 36
37 37
38 38
39 39
40 40
41 41
42 42
43 43
44 44
45 45
46 46
47 47
48 48
49 49
50 50
51 51
52 52
53 53
54 54
55 55
94 Refused to respond
95 At first union
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
AGE1STSEX (V525) indicates the woman's self-reported age for the first time she had sexual intercourse.

concept

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