General Household Survey, 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2009

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NGA_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Polygamous union (POLYGAM)

Data file: NGA2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 91

End: 92

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
01	No, in monogamous union
02	Yes, in polygamous union
03	Man in polygamous union
04	Polygamous man, 2 wives
05	Polygamous man, 3 or more wives
06	Woman in polygamous union
07	Polygamous marriage, 2 wives
08	Polygamous marriage, 3 or more wives
09	First wife
10	Second wife
11	Third or higher order wife
99	Unknown/missing

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

POLYGAM indicates whether the respondent was in a polygamous union and, in some samples, the number of wives or the rank order of the wife.

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