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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1992
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Reference ID
ZMB_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
University of Zambia, Central Statistical Office [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Jan 20, 2021
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Number of other wives (C_WIFENUM)

Data file: ZMB1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 292
End: 293
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
505. How many other wives does he have?

NUMBER___
DON'T KNOW 98 (GO TO 507)
Categories
Value Category
00 No other wives
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
96 Has other wives, dk number
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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 were currently married or living with a man, WIFENUM (V505) reports the number of other wives (or co-resident partners) their husband/partner had. Question wording varied across samples. See Comparability.

concept

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