Demographic and Health Survey 2024
Malawi, 2024
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Reference ID
MWI_2024_DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office (NSO)
Metadata
Created on
Mar 20, 2026
Last modified
Mar 23, 2026
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- RECH0
- RECH1
- RECH2
- RECH3
- RECH4
- RECH5
- RECH6
- RECHML
- RECHMH
- RECHDIS
- RECHFOOD2
- RECHWQ
- RECHPV
- REC01
- REC11
- REC21
- REC22
- REC23
- REC31
- REC32
- REC41
- REC42
- REC43
- REC4A
- REC44
- REC45
- REC51
- REC61
- REC71
- REC75
- REC80
- REC81
- REC82
- REC83
- REC84
- RECDV
- RECECD
- REC91
- REC95
- REC96
- MREC01
- MREC11
- MREC23
- MREC31
- MREC32
- MREC41
- MREC51
- MREC61
- MREC71
- MREC75
- MREC80
- MREC91
- FWRECORD
Knowledge of ovulatory cycle (mv217)
Data file: MREC23
Overview
Valid:
8913
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
8
Mean:
4.3216649837316
Standard deviation:
2.1240370743533
Type:
Discrete
Width:
20
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | During her period | 232 |
2.6%
|
| 2 | After period ended | 1803 |
20.2%
|
| 3 | Middle of the cycle | 1399 |
15.7%
|
| 4 | Before period begins | 2379 |
26.7%
|
| 5 | At any time | 1274 |
14.3%
|
| 6 | Other | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Don't know | 1821 |
20.4%
|
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.