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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Woman's mother alive at start of first marriage or union (C_RMOMLIVUNION)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 244
End: 244
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
513. Was (MENTION PARENTS NOT ALIVE NOW OR DK) alive at the time you began living together with your (first) husband or partner?

WOMAN'S MOTHER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

WOMAN'S FATHER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

FIRST HUSBAND'S MOTHER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

FIRST HUSBAN'DS FATHER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
RMOMLIVUNION (V518) indicates whether the woman's own mother was alive at the start of her first marriage or union.

concept

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