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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Nov 14, 2025

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At school when 1st had sex (sch1stsex)

Data file: css_abs2

Overview

Valid: 3785

Invalid: 15312

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 101

End: 101

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

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

Were you still attending school when you first had sexual intercourse?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	963	25.4%
1	Yes	2819	74.5%
2	Can't remember	3	0.1%
7	Not applicable	0	0%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	26
Sysmiss		15286

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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