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Demographic and Health Survey 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987
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MLI_1987_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Population pour le Developpement (CERPOD) de l'Institut du Sahel and Institute for Resource Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped) (W_DURMARGRP)

Data file: MLI1987-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 223
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
509. In which month and in which year did you begin to live with your husband/partner?

MONTH_____
DOESN'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR_____ (GO TO 512)
DOESN'T KNOW YEAR 98

MARRIAGE NOT CONSUMMATED 96 (GO TO 512)
Categories
Value Category
00 Never married
01 0 to 4
02 5 to 9
03 10 to 14
04 15 to 19
05 20 to 24
06 25 to 29
07 30+
96 Marriage not consummated
98 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
DURMARGRP (V513) reports the number of years elapsed since the woman's first marriage or cohabiting union until the date of the survey interview, in five-year groups. The duration is reported irrespective of whether the respondent is still married or in a union with her first partner.

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