Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Nigeria, 2008
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Current marital status (H_HHMARSTAT)
Data file: NGA2008-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
224
End:
226
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
(8) MARITAL STATUS IF AGE 15 OR OLDER: What is (NAME'S) current marital status?
1 MARRIED OR LIVING TOGETHER
2 DIVORCED/SEPARATED
3 WIDOWED
4 NEVER MARRIED AND NEVER LIVED TOGETHER
1 MARRIED OR LIVING TOGETHER
2 DIVORCED/SEPARATED
3 WIDOWED
4 NEVER MARRIED AND NEVER LIVED TOGETHER
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 100 | Never married/lived together |
| 110 | Unconsummated marriage |
| 200 | Married or living together |
| 210 | Married |
| 220 | Living together |
| 300 | Formerly married/lived together |
| 310 | Widowed |
| 320 | Divorced/separated |
| 321 | Divorced |
| 322 | Separated/not living together |
| 997 | Don't know |
| 998 | Missing |
| 999 | 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
HHMARSTAT (HV115) reports the household member's current marital status. Response categories and question wording vary across surveys, as does the age range covered by this variable. See Comparability.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |