This is a 5-digit variable that represents how long ago (in days, weeks, months, or years) the woman last had sexual intercourse, except for the following codes:
90000 = Logical edit - missing
99995 = Not interviewed (female questionnaire)
99996 = Not interviewed (household questionnaire)
99997 = Don't know
99998 = No response or missing
99999 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
TIMESINCESEXVAL, together with TIMESINCESEX, reports how long ago the woman last had sexual intercourse.
Note that the codes in this variable are not reported in a specific unit of time i.e., days, weeks, months, or years. Rather, the unit of time in which the woman responded is reported in TIMESINCESEX. Users must use both TIMESINCESEXVAL and TIMESINCESEX 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. For maternal and newborn health samples, this question was included in the female baseline survey.
Comparability
There are no comparability issues.
Comparability with IPUMS-DHS
TIMESINCESEXVAL, together with TIMESINCESEX, 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
- Burkina Faso 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2015 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2016 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Burkina Faso 2022 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2013 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2017 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2018 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2022 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2019 PMAET Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2020 Round 6 Female Follow-up: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ethiopia 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ghana 2013 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ghana 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ghana 2014 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ghana 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ghana 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Ghana 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- India 2016 (Rajasthan) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- India 2018 (Rajasthan) Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- India 2020 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- India 2021 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- India 2022 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Indonesia 2015 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Indonesia 2016 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2014 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2015 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2019 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Kenya 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2015 (Niamey) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2016 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2016 (Niamey) Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2020 Phase 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2022 Phase 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Niger 2023 Phase 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2014 (Kaduna) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2014 (Lagos) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2015 (Kaduna) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2015 (Lagos) Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2016 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2017 (Oyo) Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2019 (Kano) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria 2019 (Lagos) Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria (Lagos) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria (Kano) 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria (Kano) 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Nigeria (Lagos) 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2014 Round 1 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2015 Round 3 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2015 Round 2 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2019 Female and Household (R6 Follow up): Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2020 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2021 Female and Household: Women age 15-49 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
- Uganda 2022 Female and Household: 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, 2020-2022
- Ethiopia: 2014-2021
- Ghana: 2013-2017
- India: 2016-2018, 2020-2022
- Indonesia: 2015-2016
- Kenya: 2014-2021
- Niger: 2015-2018, 2020, 2022-2023
- Nigeria: 2014-2021
- Uganda: 2014-2022