Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2006

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Reference ID

NPL_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Month of first marriage contract (Nepali calendar) (C_MARCON1STMO_NP)

Data file: NPL2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 305

End: 306

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

308. In what month and year did you get married?

MONTH ___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR ____ (GO TO 310)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998

Categories

Value	Category
01	Baishakh
02	Jestha
03	Ashadh
04	Shrawan
05	Bhadra
06	Ashwin
07	Kartik
08	Mangsir
09	Poush
10	Magh
11	Falgun
12	Chaitra
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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

MARCON1STMO_NP reports the month of the respondent's first marriage contract, according to the Nepali calendar, or Vikram Samvat. The year of the woman's first marriage contract is reported in MARCON1STYR_NP.

concept

Concept

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

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