1990 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1990

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ZMB_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Age at first marriage (ZM1990A_MARRAGE)

Data file: ZMB1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 268

End: 269

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

P-24 Is [the respondent] </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1-Married<br />[] 2-Separated<br />[] 3-Divorced<br />[] 4-Widowed<br />[] 5-Never married</div><p>P-25 What was [the respondent's] age when he/she first got married?

Categories

Value	Category
08	Age 8 or less
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60+
98	Unknown
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

This variable indicates the person's age at first marriage.

Universe

Zambia 1990: Ever-married persons [discrepancies: type I 0%; type II 6.2%]

concept

Concept

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