Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009

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WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1

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Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health

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Age at first intercourse (i -NA) (V531)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 660

End: 660

Width: 1

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

Age at first sexual intercourse - imputed. This is the same as V525, except for respondents who reported that their first sexual intercourse was at the time of their union. For these cases, the age at first sex is taken from the age at first union. In cases where the age at first sex was inconsistent with the age at conception of the first child, but only by one year (V532 = 3), the age at first sex was reduced by one year, consistent with the "Rule of one" applied in DHS I. Other cases flagged as inconsistent on variable V532 (codes 1, 2, 4, 5) are recoded as 97 (inconsistent). Cases coded 6 on V532 are not changed.

Universe

Respondents who have had sexual intercourse (V525 <> 0).

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