Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Age at first marriage or cohabitation (B_AGEFRSTMAR)

Data file: PAK2017-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

711) How old were you when you first started living with him?

AGE ___

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
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
96	Marriage not consummated
97	Inconsistent
98	Don't know
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

AGEFRSTMAR (V511) reports the woman's age at the start of her first marriage or union. This usually refers to when the woman first started to live with her first husband or partner. According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "Age at start of first marriage or union is calculated from the century month code of the date of start of first marriage or union and the century month code of the date of birth of the respondent."

concept

Concept

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