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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992
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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Years since date of 1st marriage or cohabitation (grouped) (M_DURMARGRPMN)

Data file: MWI1992-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 262
End: 262
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
204. In what month and year did you start living with your (first) wife/partner?

MONTH ___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR ___
DON'T KNOW YEAR 98
Categories
Value Category
0 Never married
1 0 to 4
2 5 to 9
3 10 to 14
4 15 to 19
5 20 to 24
6 25 to 29
7 30+
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
DURMARGRPMN (MV513) reports the number of years elapsed since the man'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 his first partner.

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