Demographic and Health Survey 2016
South Africa

South Africa, 2016

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zaf-doh-statssa-dhs-2016-v1

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National Department of Health, Medical Research Council, Statistics South Africa

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flag for v529 (v530)

Data file: ZACR71FL

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 1927

loc_end_pos: 1927

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	no flag
1	n > interval since birth
2	n + abstinence > interval
3	n, but sex not res.
4	96, but no birth
5	96, but currently pregnant
6	96, but resumed sex
7	n, last sex before pregnancy
8	n, inconsistent 4 weeks
9	n, sex before last birth

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.

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