GAP Growth in Adolescence :Potential interventions to improve growth,health & reduce future non-communicable disease

Malawi, 2016

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MWI-MEIRU-GAP-2016-v1.0

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Dr Marko Kerac

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Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets

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how old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time? (Form B) (sex_old)

Data file: gap_combined

Overview

Valid: 571

Invalid: 573

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 254

End: 254

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

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How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time? (Form B)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	I have never had sexual intercourse	431	75.5%
1	11 years old or younger	30	5.3%
2	12 years old	14	2.5%
3	13 years old	4	0.7%
4	14 years old	16	2.8%
5	15 years old	24	4.2%
6	16 or 17 years old	36	6.3%
7	18 years old or older	7	1.2%
8	Unknown	9	1.6%
Sysmiss		573

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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