Question pretext
As you know, many Malawians, as they get older, decide to get married and have children. So next, I would like to ask you some questions about marriage.
Literal question
When you first started dating this PTM/Chitomelo, was he single, married, separated, divorced or widowed?
Categories
Value |
Category |
1 |
Single |
2 |
Married |
3 |
Separated |
4 |
Divorced |
5 |
Widowed |
6 |
|
8 |
Don't know |
9 |
Missing |
Sysmiss |
|
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.
Interviewer instructions
Respondent is Unmarried but has PTM/chitomelo