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Sex Transm Infect 85:i56-i63 doi:10.1136/sti.2008.033423
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Comparative assessment of the quality of age-at-event reporting in three HIV cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa

Table 4 Trends in median age at first sex (AFS) and age at first marriage (AFM) over three selected rounds with a comparable time frame among those born 1960–9
Indicator Site Sex First round Middle round Last round
AFS Manicaland Men 19.4 19.8 19.4
Women 18.6 18.6 18.7
Masaka Men 18.0 18.2 18.2
Women 16.3 16.8 16.8
Umkhanyakude Men 18.8 20.0 20.0
Women 18.5 18.5 18.8
AFM Manicaland Men 25.9 23.4 25.0
Women 19.2 18.9 19.1
Masaka Men 23.8 22.9 22.8
Women 18.2 18.5 18.3
Umkhanyakude* Men
Women
  • *Insufficient marriage reports in Umkhanyakude to calculate median AFM.

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