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

Metadata

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Nov 14, 2025

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Nov 18, 2025

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Age at first sex (age1stsex)

Data file: css_abs2

Overview

Valid: 10168

Invalid: 8929

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 99

End: 100

Width: 2

Range: 7 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask you questions about your sexual activity. I know you may feel embarrassed about discussing this, but let me assure you that everything you tell us will be kept strictly confidential.

Literal question

How old were you when you first had sexual intercourse?

Categories

Value	Category
98	Unknown
99	Missing

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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