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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1999
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ZWE_1999_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 current wives/partners (M_WIFENUMMN)

Data file: ZWE1999-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 253
End: 254
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
404) WRITE THE NAMES AND LINE NUMBERS FROM THE HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HIS WIFE OR WIVES.
IF A WIFE DOES NOT LIVE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, WRITE '00' IN THE LINE NUMBER BOX.
THE NUMBER OF BOXES FILLED MUST BE EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF WIVES.

IF THE SUM OF 402 AND 403 IS '01'
Please tell me the name of your wife/partner

NAME __________

LINE NUMBER ___ (SKIP TO 408)

IF THE SUM OF 402 AND 403 IS '02' OR MORE
Please tell me the names of all your wives and live-in partners

NAME __________

LINE NUMBER ___ (SKIP TO 408)
Categories
Value Category
00 0
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
95 More than one wife/partner, number unspecified
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 men who are currently married or living with a woman, WIFENUMMN (MV505) reports the number of wives (or co-resident partners) he has. Question wording varied across samples. See Comparability.

concept

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