Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 1998
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Month of most recent marriage or cohabitation (C_MARLASTMO)
Data file: GHA1998-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
309
End:
310
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
514. CHECK 511:
MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE __ (GO TO 515)
MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE __ (Now we will talk about your current husband/partner. In what month and year did you start living with him?)
MONTH ____
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR 19___
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE __ (GO TO 515)
MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE __ (Now we will talk about your current husband/partner. In what month and year did you start living with him?)
MONTH ____
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR 19___
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 98 | Missing |
| 97 | Don't know month |
| 96 | Inconsistent |
| 12 | December |
| 11 | November |
| 10 | October |
| 09 | September |
| 08 | August |
| 07 | July |
| 06 | June |
| 05 | May |
| 04 | April |
| 03 | March |
| 02 | February |
| 01 | January |
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
MARLASTMO reports the month of the respondent's most recent marriage or unmarried cohabitation. The year of the woman's most recent marriage/union is reported in MARLASTYR.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |