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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2003
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Reference ID
MOZ_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Number of current wives (M_MARWIFENUM)

Data file: MOZ2003-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 258
End: 258
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
402. How many wives do you have?

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.

concept

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