Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., 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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May 14, 2020

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Currently, formerly, never married (H_HHCURRMARR)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 227

End: 228

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

(8) MARITAL STATUS IF AGE 15 OR OLDER: What is (NAME'S) current marital status?

1 MARRIED OR LIVING TOGETHER
2 DIVORCED/SEPARATED
3 WIDOWED
4 NEVER MARRIED AND NEVER LIVED TOGETHER

Value	Category
00	Never married
10	Ever married
11	Currently married
12	Formerly married
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

HHCURRMARR (HV116) reports the household member's marital/union status as "Never married," "Currently married," or "Formerly married."

"Never married" includes household members who have never lived with a partner. "Currently married" includes household members who are married and those who are not formally married but are living with a partner. "Formerly married" includes household members who are widowed, divorced, separated, or who have formerly lived with a partner.

In samples where the only question asked relates to whether the household member has ever been married (not cohabiting), the responses are coded "10" for "Ever-married" and "0" for "Never married."

concept

Concept

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

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