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Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1988 - 1989
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UGA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Department of Geography (Makerere University), Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Makerere University) [Uganda] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth (B_MARTO1STBORNMO)

Data file: UGA1988-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 225
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
214) In what month and year was (NAME) born? PROBE: What is his/her birthday? OR: In what season?

MONTH
YEAR
Categories
Value Category
998 First birth prior to first marriage
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
MARTO1STBORNMO (V221) reports the number of months between the woman's first marriage (i.e., formal marriage or first episode of living with a man) and her first birth. For women whose first birth occurred before their first marriage, this variable is coded as '998.'

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