Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Aug 23, 2018

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Completeness of information, date of first marriage/union (B_MAR1STDATINFO)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 316

End: 317

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

710. CHECK 709:

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE: In what month and year did you start living with you (husband/partner)?

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE: Now I would like to ask about your first (husband/partner). In what month and year did you start living with him?

MONTH ___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR ___ (GO TO 712)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998

Categories

Value	Category
01	Month and year reported
02	Month and age reported, year imputed
03	Year and age reported, month imputed
05	Year reported, age and month imputed
06	Age reported, year and month imputed
08	Month reported, age and year imputed
09	Year and age reported, year ignored
10	Season and year reported
11	All values imputed
99	NIU (not in universe)
12	All reported, inconsistent

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.

Description

Definition

MAR1STDATINFO (V510) reports the completeness of information for the date of the woman's first marriage or cohabitation. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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