Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (C_MAR1STMO)
Data file: GHA2008-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
295
End:
296
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
615. 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 we will talk 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 617)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 998
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 we will talk 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 617)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 998
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | January |
| 02 | February |
| 03 | March |
| 04 | April |
| 05 | May |
| 06 | June |
| 07 | July |
| 08 | August |
| 09 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
| 96 | Marriage not consummated |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 99 | 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
For women who had ever been married or lived with a man, MAR1STMO (V507) reports the month of their first marriage or (for most samples) unmarried cohabitation. The year of the woman's first marriage/union is reported in MAR1STYR (V508).
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |