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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2004
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BGD_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of current wives (M_MARWIFENUM)

Data file: BGD2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 253
End: 253
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
307B. RECORD THE WIFE'S NAME AND LINE UMBER FROM THE HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE. IF SHE IS NOT LISTED IN THE HOUSEHOLD, RECORD '0'.

IF THERE ARE TWO WIVES IN THE HOUSEHOLD, RECORD THE NAME AND LINE UMBERS OF BOTH.

NAME ___
LINE NUMBER ___
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
8 Missing
9 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
For men who are currently married or living with a woman, MARWIFENUM (MV505A) reports the number of wives he currently has.

The related variable MARPARNUM (MV505B) reports the number of live-in partners (not wives) the man currently has.

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