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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Sex before menstruation (menstrstsex)

Data file: css_abs1

Overview

Valid: 14176

Invalid: 10104

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 173

End: 173

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was that before you started menstruating?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	13362	94.3%
1	Yes	809	5.7%
2	Can't remember	5	0%
7	Not applicable	0	0%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	405
Sysmiss		9699

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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