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Demographic and Health Survey 1989

Kenya, 1988 - 1989
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Reference ID
KEN_1988_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc, Minnesota Population Center
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DDI/XML JSON
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Sep 19, 2018
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Number of husband's other wives at time of marriage (B_COWIFEATMARNO)

Data file: KEN1989-B

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
COWIFEATMARNO reports the number of other wives the woman's husband had at the start of their marriage/union.

The related variable COWIFEATMARYN indicates whether the woman's husband had any other wives at the start of their marriage/union.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in WIFENUM, a standard variable reporting how many other wives the respondent's husband currently has.

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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