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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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Reference ID
PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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  • PAK2017-W.dat

Marriage was respondent's choice or arranged (W_MARCHOICE)

Data file: PAK2017-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 303
End: 304
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
99 NIU (not in universe)
98 Missing
24 Other family/relatives
23 Brother or sister
22 Aunt or uncle
21 Mother or father
20 Arranged by someone else
10 Respondent's choice
25 Other
97 Don't know
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 have ever been married or lived with a man, MARCHOICE indicates whether the woman chose to live with him or the union was arranged.

concept

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