Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2014

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Reference ID

KEN_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Marriage was respondent's choice or arranged (B_MARCHOICE)

Data file: KEN2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 310

End: 311

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

611A) When you got married or lived with a man, was it your choice or was it arranged?

OWN CHOICE 1
ARRANGED 2

Categories

Value	Category
99	NIU (not in universe)
98	Missing
24	Other family/relatives
23	Brother or sister
22	Aunt or uncle
21	Mother or father
20	Arranged by someone else
10	Respondent's choice
25	Other
97	Don't know

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

For women who have ever been married or lived with a man, MARCHOICE indicates whether the woman chose to live with him or the union was arranged.

concept

Concept

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

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