Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Survey of Living Conditions 1997-1998

India, 1997 - 1998

Get Microdata

Reference ID

IND_1997_SLCUPB_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/q6sh-b869

Producer(s)

The World Bank

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Mar 26, 2011

Last modified

Jan 30, 2020

Page views

577700

Downloads

69375

Age at first marriage (v06b02)

Data file: SECT06B

Overview

Valid: 3399

Invalid: 3

Minimum: 3

Maximum: 32

Mean: 15.897

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 15

End: 16

Width: 2

Range: 3 - 32

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

At what age did you first marry? (in Years)

Interviewer instructions

Record the age at which the woman got married. In the event that a woman has married several times, record her age at the time of the first marriage. In cases where the woman married at an earlier age, but only started living with her husband at a later age, record the age at which she started living with her husband. If a respondent cannot recall her age at marriage estimate based on other events.

Description

Universe

ALL EVER MARRIED WOMEN AGED 15 YEARS AND OLDER

Back to Catalog