General Household Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2009

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NGA_2008_GHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Polygamous union (POLYGAM)

Data file: NGA2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 82

End: 83

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

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Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, in monogamous union
2	Yes, in polygamous union
3	Man in polygamous union
4	Polygamous man, 2 wives
5	Polygamous man, 3 or more wives
6	Woman in polygamous union
7	Polygamous marriage, 2 wives
8	Polygamous marriage, 3 or more wives
9	First wife
10	Second wife
11	Third or higher order wife
99	Unknown/missing

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

POLYGAM indicates whether the respondent was in a polygamous union and, in some samples, the number of wives or the rank order of the wife.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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