Table 1

DHS survey years, birth cohorts, and population size used for analysis

	Ghana	Kenya	Tanzania	Uganda	Zambia	Zimbabwe
*The 1993 Kenya DHS only included males aged 20 years and over.
Survey years
First	1988	1989	1991	1989	1992	1988
Second	1993	1993	1996	1995	1996	1994
Third	1999	1998	1999	2000	2001	1999
Women 15–24 years
First	1716	2818	4064	2142	3425	1861
Second	1632	3392	3408	3162	3834	2741
Third	1810	3399	1720	3119	3454	2741
Men 15–24 years
First			807
Second	406	525*	859	754	863	1004
Third	575	1400	1330	762	821
Birth cohort
Oldest	70–74	69–73	70–74	71–75	72–76	70–74
Middle	75–79	74–78	75–79	76–80	77–81	75–79
Youngest	80–84	79–83	80–84	81–85	82–86	80–84