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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped) (W_DURMARGRP)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 281
End: 282
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
511) CHECK 510:

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE: In what month and year did you start living with your husband/partner?

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE: I would like to talk about the first time you were married or started living with a man as if married. In what month and year were you married or did you start living with a man as if married for the first time?

MONTH ________
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR ________ (GO TO 513)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
Categories
Value Category
00 Never married
01 0 to 4
02 5 to 9
03 10 to 14
04 15 to 19
05 20 to 24
06 25 to 29
07 30+
96 Marriage not consummated
98 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
DURMARGRP (V513) reports the number of years elapsed since the woman's first marriage or cohabiting union until the date of the survey interview, in five-year groups. The duration is reported irrespective of whether the respondent is still married or in a union with her first partner.

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