ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1

Producer(s)

Dr Neil French (Director)

Collections

Karonga HDSS

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When was last monthly period v3 onwards (lastper)

Data file: css_abs1

Overview

Valid: 17967

Invalid: 6313

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 52

End: 52

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

When was your last monthly period?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than a month ago	11125	61.9%
2	1-2 months ago	1560	8.7%
3	2-3 months ago	402	2.2%
4	More than 4 months ago	2138	11.9%
5	Not returned since last birth	2742	15.3%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	54
Sysmiss		6259

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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