Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

intends to wait for marriage to have sex (wom_q618)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4188

invd 45

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Do you intend to wait until you get married to have sexual intercourse for the first time?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	495	11.8%
2	no	36	0.9%
8	don't know/unsure	27	0.6%
9	not applicable	3207	76.6%
9999995	missing:impute	423	10.1%
Sysmiss		45

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.

Question pretext

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

Q618 is asked only to women aged 15-24 who said they have never had sexual intercourse. Again the question is hypothetical so a respondent may have some trouble in answering. If she hesitates to answer, emphasize that you are interested in what she thinks might occur in the future.

Description

Text

Woman intends to wait for marriage to have sex

Universe

All women aged 12-24 years who have never had sexual intercourse according to wom_q616