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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth (B_MARTO1STBORNMO)

Data file: GHA2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 291
End: 293
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
610) CHECK 609:

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE: In what month and year did you start living with your (husband/partner)?

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE: Now I would like to ask about your first (husband/partner). In what month and year did you start living with him?

MONTH ___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR _____ (GO TO 612)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
Categories
Value Category
998 First birth prior to first marriage
999 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
MARTO1STBORNMO (V221) reports the number of months between the woman's first marriage (i.e., formal marriage or first episode of living with a man) and her first birth. For women whose first birth occurred before their first marriage, this variable is coded as '998.'

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