Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Population pour le Developpement (CERPOD) de l'Institut du Sahel and Institute for Resource Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
507. At the beginning of this marriage or union did your husband/partner have other wives besides yourself?
IF THERE WERE NO OTHER WIVES, RECORD '0'. IF 6 OR MORE, RECORD '6'.
NUMBER____
DOESN'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value
Category
99
NIU (not in universe)
98
Missing
97
Don't know
96
Inconsistent
08
8
07
7
06
6
05
5
04
4
03
3
02
2
01
1
00
0
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
COWIFEATMARNO reports the number of other wives the woman's husband had at the start of their marriage/union.
The related variable COWIFEATMARYN indicates whether the woman's husband had any other wives at the start of their marriage/union.
IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in WIFENUM, a standard variable reporting how many other wives the respondent's husband currently has.