National Family Health Survey 2015-2016

India, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

IND_2015_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Currently/formerly/never in union (mv502)

Data file: MREC51

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 16

End: 16

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 2

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	Never in union [includes: married gauna not performed]
1	Currently in union/living with a woman
2	Formerly in union/living with a woman

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.

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Notes

Whether the respondent is currently, formerly or never married (or lived with a partner). Currently married includes married men and men living with a partner, and formerly married includes widowed, divorced, separated men and men who have lived with a partner but are not now living with a partner.

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