World Health Survey 2003

Eswatini, 2003

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Reference ID

SWZ_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Oct 17, 2013

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Marital Status (q1008)

Data file: WHS-Swaziland_F5

Overview

Valid: 3098

Invalid: 23

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 65

End: 68

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Respondent’s Socio Demographic Characteristics
I would like to start by asking you some background questions before asking you questions on your health. This information is confidential and will only be used for research purposes.

Literal question

What is your current marital status?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	never married	1238	40%
2	currently married	1451	46.8%
3	separated	32	1%
4	divorced	14	0.5%
5	widowed	182	5.9%
6	cohabiting	181	5.8%
Sysmiss		23

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.

Interviewer instructions

Ask this question without reading the options to the respondent. If the response does not match any of the options e.g. “single”, read the options to the respondent and ask him/her to choose the option that best reflects his/her current marital status. For example, if the respondent is currently married (but was divorced in the past), the option “currently married” should be recorded.

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