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Demographic and Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2012
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NER_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Ministère des Finances [Niger] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Reason for marrying daughter under age 18: Other (C_MARLT18OTHER)

Data file: NER2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 311
End: 311
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
611d) What are the reasons that would lead a mother to marry her daughter at this age?
PROBE: any other reason?
RECORD ALL REASONS MENTIONED

A FEAR OF PREGNANCY OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE
B SEXUAL DEBAUCHERY
C POVERTY
D RELIGION
X OTHER (SPECIFY)
Categories
Value Category
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
MARLT18OTHER indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported some other reason for mothers allowing their daughters to marry before age 18. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

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