IPUMS DHS: descr: CONUSEXMAR4WK

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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CONUSEXMAR4WK (CONUSEXMAR4WK)

Condom used in last 4 weeks: With extra-marital partner

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Codes and Frequencies

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An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample

Code	Label	cenaf 95	zimbw 94
00	No	X	X
10	Yes	·	·
11	Yes, some occasions	X	X
12	Yes, each time had sex	X	X
98	Missing	·	X
99	NIU (not in universe)	X	X

Description

CONUSEXMAR4WK indicates whether the married respondent used a condom with anyone other than her husband in the last 4 weeks.

CONUSEXMAR4WK only reports condom use for married women having sex with someone other than their husbands. Researchers interested in condom use in the last 4 weeks, regardless of the respondent's sexual partner, may be interested in the following variables:

CONUS4WK indicates whether the respondent used a condom with any partner in the past 4 weeks.
CONUSHUS4WK indicates whether the married respondent used a condom with her husband in the past 4 weeks.
CONUSUNMAR4WK indicates whether the unmarried respondent used a condom with any sex partner in the past 4 weeks.

Comparability

CONUSEXMAR4WK has no comparability problems.

IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding with "Yes" responses having a first digit of "1." The second digit distinguishes between "Yes, some occasions" (code "11") and "Yes, each time had sex" (code "12"), when this additional information is available.

Comparability - Standard DHS

CONUSEXMAR4WK is a country-specific variable not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

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