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Demographic and Health Survey 2016, South Africa

South Africa, 2016
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Data file: ZAMR71FL

Variables: 577

Variables

mv510
completeness of date information in mv509
mv511
age at first cohabitation
mv512
years since first cohabitation
mv513
cohabitation duration (grouped)
mv525
age at first sex
mv527
time since last sex
mv528
time since last sex (in days)
mv529
time since last sex (in months)
mv531
age at first sex (imputed)
mv532
flag for mv531
mv535
ever been married or in union
mv536
recent sexual activity
mv541
na - intends to wait until marriage to have sex
mv602
fertility preference
mv603
preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child
mv604
preferred waiting time for birth of a/another child (grouped)
mv605
desire for more children
mv613
ideal number of children
mv614
ideal number of children (grouped)
mv616
desired time for future birth
mv621
na - wife's desire for children
mv627
ideal number of boys
mv628
ideal number of girls
mv629
ideal number of either sex
mv631
na - problem if wife became pregnant
mv633a
na - wife justified refusing sex: husband has sti
mv633b
na - wife justified refusing sex: husband has other women
mv633c
na - wife justified refusing sex: recent birth
mv633d
na - wife justified refusing sex: tired, not in mood
mv633e
na - wife justified refusing sex: cs reason
mv633f
na - wife justified refusing sex: cs reason
mv633g
na - wife justified refusing sex: cs reason
mv634a
na - wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: get angry
mv634b
na - wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: refuse financial support
mv634c
na - wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: use force for sex
mv634d
na - wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: have sex with another women
mv714
currently working
mv714a
have a job, but currently absent
mv716
occupation
mv717
occupation (grouped)
mv719
na - works for family, others, self
mv721
na - works at home or away
mv731
worked in last 12 months
mv732
employment all year/seasonal
mv739
person who usually decides how to spend respondent's earnings
mv740
na - type of land where respondent works
mv741
type of earnings from respondent's work
mv743a
person who should have greater say: respondent's health care
mv743b
person who should have greater say: large household purchases
mv743c
na - person who should have greater say: daily household purchases
mv743d
na - person who should have greater say: visits to family or relatives
mv743e
na - person who should have greater say: food to be cooked each day
mv743f
na - person who should have greater say: deciding what to do with money wife ear
mv743g
na - person who should have greater say: deciding how many children to have
mv744a
beating justified: wife goes out without telling husband
mv744b
beating justified: wife neglects the children
mv744c
beating justified: wife argues with husband
mv744d
beating justified: wife refuses to have sex with husband
mv744e
beating justified: wife burns food
mv745a
owns a house alone or jointly
mv745b
na - owns land alone or jointly
mv745c
title deed on house own by respondent
mv745d
na - title deed on land own by respondent
mv747a
na - childbearing is a woman's concern
mv747b
na - important for mother/child health to get assistance at delivery
mv750
ever heard of a sexually transmitted infection (sti)
mv751
ever heard of aids
mv754bp
na - reduce risk of getting hiv: do not have sex at all
mv754cp
na - reduce risk of getting hiv: always use condoms during sex
mv754dp
na - reduce risk of getting hiv: have 1 sex partner only, who has no other partn
mv754jp
na - can get hiv from mosquito bites
mv754wp
na - can get hiv by sharing food with person who has aids
mv756
na - a healthy looking person can have hiv
mv761
condom used during last sex with most recent partner
mv761b
condom used during last sex with 2nd to most recent partner
mv761c
condom used during last sex with 3rd to most recent partner
mv762
na - source of condoms used for last sex
mv762a
na - brand of condom used for last sex
mv762aa
na - source for condoms: government hospital
mv762ab
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762ac
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762ad
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762ae
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762af
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762ag
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762ah
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762ai
na - source for condoms: cs public
mv762aj
na - source for condoms: private hospital/clinic
mv762ak
na - source for condoms: pharmacy
mv762al
na - source for condoms: private doctor
mv762am
na - source for condoms: cs private
mv762an
na - source for condoms: cs private
mv762ao
na - source for condoms: cs private
mv762ap
na - source for condoms: cs private
mv762aq
na - source for condoms: cs private
mv762ar
na - source for condoms: cs private
mv762as
na - source for condoms: cs other
mv762at
na - source for condoms: cs other
mv762au
na - source for condoms: cs other
mv762av
na - source for condoms: cs other
mv762aw
na - source for condoms: cs other
mv762ax
na - source for condoms: other
mv762az
na - don't know any source for condoms
mv762ba
na - source for female condoms: government hospital
mv762bb
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762bc
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762bd
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762be
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762bf
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762bg
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762bh
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762bi
na - source for female condoms: cs public
mv762bj
na - source for female condoms: private hospital/clinic
mv762bk
na - source for female condoms: pharmacy
mv762bl
na - source for female condoms: private doctor
mv762bm
na - source for female condoms: cs private
mv762bn
na - source for female condoms: cs private
mv762bo
na - source for female condoms: cs private
mv762bp
na - source for female condoms: cs private
mv762bq
na - source for female condoms: cs private
mv762br
na - source for female condoms: cs private
mv762bs
na - source for female condoms: cs other
mv762bt
na - source for female condoms: cs other
mv762bu
na - source for female condoms: cs other
mv762bv
na - source for female condoms: cs other
mv762bw
na - source for female condoms: cs other
mv762bx
na - source for female condoms: other
mv762bz
na - don't know any source for female condoms
mv763a
had any sti in last 12 months
mv763b
had genital sore/ulcer in last 12 months
mv763c
had genital discharge in last 12 months
mv763d
na - had cs sti in last 12 months
mv763e
na - had cs sti in last 12 months
mv763f
na - had cs sti in last 12 months
mv763g
na - had cs sti in last 12 months
mv766a
number of sex partners, excluding spouse, in last 12 months
mv766b
number of sex partners, including spouse, in last 12 months
mv767a
relationship with most recent sex partner
mv767b
relationship with 2nd to most recent sex partner
mv767c
relationship with 3rd to most recent sex partner
mv768a
na - length of time had sex relations with most recent partner
mv768b
na - length of time had sex relations with 2nd to most recent partner
mv768c
na - length of time had sex relations with 3rd to most recent partner
mv769
na - can get a condom
mv769a
na - can get a female condom
mv770
sought advice/treatment for last sti infection
mv770a
sought sti advice/treatment from: government hospital
mv770b
sought sti advice/treatment from: government clinic/community health centre
mv770c
sought sti advice/treatment from: mobile/temporary hct services
mv770d
sought sti advice/treatment from: other public sector
mv770e
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs public
mv770f
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs public
mv770g
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs public
mv770h
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs public
mv770i
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs public
mv770j
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs public
mv770k
sought sti advice/treatment from: private hospital/clinic/doctor
mv770l
sought sti advice/treatment from: new start testing site
mv770m
sought sti advice/treatment from: chemist/pharmacy
mv770n
sought sti advice/treatment from: other private sector
mv770o
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs private
mv770p
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs private
mv770q
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs private
mv770r
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs private
mv770s
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs private
mv770t
sought sti advice/treatment from: shop
mv770u
sought sti advice/treatment from: traditional herbalist
mv770v
sought sti advice/treatment from: traditional healer
mv770w
na - sought sti advice/treatment from: cs other
mv770x
sought sti advice/treatment from: other
mv774a
hiv transmitted during pregnancy
mv774b
hiv transmitted during delivery
mv774c
hiv transmitted by breastfeeding
mv775
na - knows someone who has, or is suspected of having, hiv
mv777
na - would want hiv infection in family to remain secret
mv777a
na - would be ashamed if someone in the family had hiv
mv778
na - willing to care for relative with aids
mv779
na - a female teacher infected with hiv, but is not sick, should be allowed to c
mv780
na - children should be taught about condoms to avoid aids
mv781
ever been tested for hiv
mv783
know a place to get hiv test
mv784a
place for hiv test: government hospital
mv784b
place for hiv test: government clinic/community health centre
mv784c
place for hiv test: mobile/temporary hct services
mv784d
place for hiv test: other public sector
mv784e
na - place for hiv test: cs public
mv784f
na - place for hiv test: cs public
mv784g
na - place for hiv test: cs public
mv784h
na - place for hiv test: cs public
mv784i
na - place for hiv test: cs public
mv784j
na - place for hiv test: cs public
mv784k
place for hiv test: private hospital/clinic/doctor
mv784l
place for hiv test: new start testing site
mv784m
place for hiv test: chemist/pharmacy
mv784n
place for hiv test: other private sector
mv784o
na - place for hiv test: cs private
mv784p
na - place for hiv test: cs private
mv784q
na - place for hiv test: cs private
mv784r
na - place for hiv test: cs private
mv784s
na - place for hiv test: cs other
mv784t
na - place for hiv test: cs other
mv784u
na - place for hiv test: cs other
mv784v
na - place for hiv test: cs other
mv784x
place for hiv test: other
mv785
heard about other stis
mv791
have ever paid anyone in exchange for sex
mv791a
last 12 months have given gifts or other goods to have sex
mv791b
have ever given gifts or other goods to have sex
mv793
paid for sex in last 12 months
mv793a
condom used last time paid for sex in last 12 months
mv793b
condom used every time paid for sex in last 12 months
mv820
na - condom used at first sex
mv822
na - wife justified asking husband to use condom if he has sti
mv823
na - can get hiv by witchcraft or supernatural means
mv824
drugs to avoid hiv transmission to baby during pregnancy
mv825
na - would buy vegetables from vendor with hiv
mv826
na - last time tested for hiv
mv826a
months ago most recent hiv test
mv827
na - last hiv test: on your own, offered or required
mv828
received result from last hiv test
mv829
place where last hiv test was taken
mv832b
time since last sex with 2nd to most recent partner
mv832c
time since last sex with 3rd to most recent partner
mv833a
used condom every time had sex with most recent partner in last 12 months
mv833b
used condom every time had sex with 2nd to most recent partner in last 12 months
mv833c
used condom every time had sex with 3rd to most recent partner in last 12 months
mv834a
age of most recent partner
mv834b
age of 2nd to most recent partner
mv834c
age of 3rd to most recent partner
mv835a
na - alcohol consumption at last sex with most recent partner
mv835b
na - alcohol consumption at last sex with 2nd to most recent partner
mv835c
na - alcohol consumption at last sex with 3rd to most recent partner
mv836
total lifetime number of sex partners
mv837
na - heard of drugs to help hiv infected people live longer
mv844
na - knows someone denied health services for having, or suspected of having, hi
mv845
na - knows someone denied social event for having, or suspected of having, hiv;
mv846
na - knows someone verbally abused for having, or suspected of having, hiv; in l
mv847
na - people with hiv should be ashamed of themselves
mv848
na - people with hiv should be blamed for bringing disease to community
mv849
na - children 12-14 should be taught to wait for sex until marriage
mv851a
na - young men should wait for sex until marriage
mv851b
na - most young men wait for sex until marriage
mv851c
na - unmarried sexually active men should have only one partner
mv851d
na - most unmarried sexually active men have only one partner
mv851e
na - married men should only have sex with their wives
mv851f
na - most married men only have sex with their wives
mv851g
na - young women should wait for sex until marriage
mv851h
na - most young women wait for sex until marriage
mv851i
na - unmarried sexually active women should have only one partner
mv851j
na - most unmarried sexually active women have only one partner
mv851k
na - married women should only have sex with their husbands
mv851l
na - most married women only have sex with their husbands
mv852a
how long ago first had sex with most recent partner
mv852b
how long ago first had sex with 2nd most recent partner
mv852c
how long ago first had sex with 3rd most recent partner
mv853a
times in last 12 months had sex with most recent partner
mv853b
times in last 12 months had sex with 2nd most recent partner
mv853c
times in last 12 months had sex with 3rd most recent partner
mv854a
concurrent sexual partners
mv854b
cumulative concurrent sexual partners
mv856
knowledge and use of hiv test kits
mv857a
na - children with hiv should be allowed to attend school with children without
mv857b
na - people hesitate to take hiv test because reaction of other people if positi
mv857c
na - people talk badly about people with or believed to have hiv
mv857d
na - people with or believed to have hiv lose respect from other people
mv858
na - would be afraid to get hiv from contact with saliva from infected person
smqtype
type of questionnaire (dhs - adult - caregiver)
sm105d
man's day of birth
sm109
highest grade/form/year at that level
sm221
are you the biologically father of a child less than 18 living with you
sm302d
heard about family planning: from a community health worker
sm302e
heard about family planning: at school
sm401a
do you have a regular girlfriend/partner or fiance
sm401b
sex of regular girlfriend/partner or fiance
sm404b
line number of spouse who is male or transgender
sm620a
past 12 months have ever: hit with hand
sm620b
past 12 months have ever: hit with implement
Total: 577
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