Demographic and Health Survey 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1994

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Reference ID

ZWE_1994_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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Number of other wives (W_WIFENUM)

Data file: ZWE1994-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 291

End: 292

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

507) Besides yourself, how many other wives does your husband have?

NUMBER OF OTHER WIVES ___

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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