Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Currently, formerly, never married (H_HHCURRMARR)

Data file: NAM2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 227

End: 228

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

IF AGE 15 OR OLDER:
MARITAL STATUS (8)
What is (NAME'S) current marital status?
1 = MARRIED OR LIVING TOGETHER
2 = DIVORCED/ SEPARATED
3 = WIDOWED
4 = NEVERMARRIED AND NEVER LIVED TOGETHER

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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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