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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Years since date of 1st marriage or cohabitation (grouped) (M_DURMARGRPMN)

Data file: NER1998-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 268
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
408) CHECK 407:

IF MARRIED/HAS LIVED WITH A WOMAN ONLY ONCE:
In which month and in which year did you begin to live with your wife/partner? That is to say, when did you consummate your union?

IF MARRIED/HAS LIVED WITH A WOMAN MORE THAN ONCE:
I would like to ask about when you started living with your first wife/partner. In what month and year was that? That is to say, have you consummated your first union?

MONTH: ___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR: ___ (GO TO 409A)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
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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