203. How many wives do you have?
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NUMBER __
Categories
Value
Category
00
No wives or partners
01
1
02
2
03
3
04
4
05
5
06
6
07
7
08
8
09
9
10
10
11
11
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
WIFEPARNUM (MV035) reports the number of wives or co-resident partners the man has for whom household line numbers are available or who are coded as "Not in household" (LINENOWIFE_ALL (MV034_x).
The related variable WIFENUMMN (MV505) reports the number of wives or partners the man currently has.