Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988

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Reference ID

GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Partner's age at marriage or union (W_MARHUSAGE)

Data file: GHA1988-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 224

End: 225

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

725. What was the age of your (first) husband at the time of your (first) marriage?

AGE ___
DK 98

Categories

Value	Category
79	79
84	84
83	83
82	82
81	81
80	80
99	NIU (not in universe)
98	Missing
97	Don't know
77	77
76	76
75	75
74	74
73	73
72	72
71	71
70	70
69	69
68	68
67	67
66	66
65	65
64	64
63	63
62	62
61	61
60	60
59	59
58	58
57	57
56	56
55	55
54	54
53	53
52	52
51	51
50	50
49	49
48	48
47	47
46	46
45	45
44	44
43	43
42	42
41	41
40	40
39	39
38	38
37	37
36	36
35	35
34	34
33	33
32	32
31	31
30	30
29	29
28	28
27	27
26	26
25	25
24	24
23	23
22	22
21	21
20	20
19	19
18	18
17	17
16	16
15	15
14	14
13	13
12	12
78	78
11	11
10	10
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90
91	91
92	92
93	93
94	94
95	95+

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

MARHUSAGE reports the age of the woman's first husband or partner at the time of their marriage or union.

concept

Concept

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

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