Demographic and Health Survey 2018

Nigeria, 2018

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NGA_2018_DHS_v01_M

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National Population Commission (NPC)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Age at first sex (v525)

Data file: REC51

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 44

End: 45

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 98

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

Respondents who have had sexual intercourse (V525 <> 0).

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not had sex
96	At first union
97	Inconsistent
98	Don't know

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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Notes

Age at first sexual intercourse. Respondents who had never had sex are coded 0. The response category "First sexual intercourse at first union" has been added in DHS III.

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