Reporting Median Value for age at first amrriage and first sex in DHS [message #30271] |
Fri, 25 October 2024 07:19 |
Patty
Messages: 2 Registered: October 2024
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Please i have two questions regarding how the median value is reported for some variables such as age at first marriage, age at first sex etc in the DHS country-specific reports:
(1) I realized that almost all country-specific DHS reports use the 25-49-year age group in determining the median age at first marriage and first sex. Is there any reason why the 25-49 year old age group is preferred please?
(2)Is it also appropriate to calculate the median age at first marriage using the entire woman of reproductive age(15-49 year age group)?
Thank you.
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