IPUMS PMA: descr: TIMESINCESEX

IPUMS PMA

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TIMESINCESEX

Last time you had sex - days, weeks, months, years

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Female Respondents
Female Respondents and Household Members
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Description

TIMESINCESEX, together with TIMESINCESEXVAL, reports how long ago the woman last had sexual intercourse.

Users should note that this variable reports only a specific unit of time i.e., days, weeks, months, or years, not the actual duration of the interval. The specific number of months or years is reported in TIMESINCESEXVAL. Users must use both TIMESINCESEX and TIMESINCESEXVAL to determine the exact amount of time since the woman last had sex.

The question associated with this variable was included in the female questionnaire.

Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Comparability with IPUMS-DHS

TIMESINCESEX, together with TIMESINCESEXVAL, can be used to create a variable similar to TIMESINCESEX in IPUMS-DHS. There may be differences in questionnaire text or the variable's universe; see the Survey Text and Universe Tab of the IPUMS-DHS variable for more information.

Universe

Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.

Availability

Burkina Faso: 2014-2018, 2020-2022
Congo (Democratic Republic): 2013-2021
Cote d'Ivoire: 2017-2018, 2020-2021
Ethiopia: 2014-2020
Ghana: 2013-2017
India: 2016-2018, 2020-2021
Indonesia: 2015-2016
Kenya: 2014-2021
Niger: 2015-2018, 2020, 2022
Nigeria: 2014-2021
Uganda: 2014-2021