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National Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Age at first marriage (NP2011A_AGEMARR)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 232
End: 233
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal Information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[8] What was the age at first marriage of [the respondent]? </span><div class="i1">Only for married persons<br />Year ____</div>
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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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Individual information</span>
<br />After collecting the introductory and household information of data sheet 1, there are questions for individual information collection on the right side of the page. To write individual information, a row has been allocated for each member of the family. Sequence and rules for information collection have been put accordingly. In line with this, ask the question and fill the information. The response of each individual question should be written in the respective column.</p>

<p><span class="em">Column 8: what is the age at the first marriage of [the respondent]?</span>
<br />(All person aged 10 years or above and persons already married once)</p>

<p>At the time of enumeration, this question should be asked to persons at the age of marriage. Ask persons about their age at the time of their first marriage and write the completed years.</p>

<p>Married means all persons currently married (single marriage, multiple marriage, and remarriage) or persons who are widow/widower, divorced, and separated. All these marital statuses are the status of having married once. If the person enumerated has already married once, ask his/her age at the time of the marriage. While writing the age at the first marriage of the male or female already married once, write the age in completed years at the time of marriage. If any person has married more than once, write the age at the first marriage. Do not write the age for their second or third marriage. </p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 54]</span></p>

<p>If any person is unable to say his/her age at first marriage, the age can be written by asking his/her present age and how long he/she has been married and deducting the age difference. E.g. the present age of a person is 45 years and he has been married for 25 years. Then his or her age at the first marriage comes to be 20 years. Similarly, the age at the first child born and the age difference of husband and wife can also be used to be clear about their first marriage.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the individual's age at first marriage.
Universe
Nepal 2011: Ever married persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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