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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Bridewealth negotiated in current union (W_BRIDEWYN)

Data file: GHA2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 297
End: 297
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
601A) Was bridewealth negotiated in your current union?

YES 1 (GO TO 601C)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 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
For women who are currently married or living with a man, BRIDEWYN indicates whether bridewealth was negotiated in her current union.

Bridewealth generally refers to the giving of cash or goods by the bridegroom's kin to the bride's kin to settle a marriage. Bridewealth is sometimes part of a reciprocal exchange, in which the bride's kin pay a dowry to the groom's kin.

concept

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