[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (M_MAR1STMOMN)

Data file: IND2015-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 256

End: 257

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

226. CHECK 214 AND 220:
IF 214 AND 220 NOT ASKED, CHECK 221:

MARRIED ONLY ONCE (214 EQUALS '1' AND 220 EQUALS '2') OR (221 EQUALS '1') (a. In what month and year did you start living with your wife?)

MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE (214 EQUALS '2' OR 220 EQUALS '1') OR (221 EQUALS '2') (b. Now I would like to ask about when you started living with your first wife. In what month and year was that?)

MONTH __ __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR __ __ __ __ (GO TO 229)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998

Value	Category
01	January
02	February
03	March
04	April
05	May
06	June
07	July
08	August
09	September
10	October
11	November
12	December
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For men who have ever been married or lived with a woman, MAR1STMOMN (MV507) reports the month of their first marriage or (for most samples) unmarried cohabitation. The year of the man's first marriage/union is reported in MAR1STYRMN (MV508).

concept

Concept

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

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