Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Years since date of 1st marriage or cohabitation (grouped) (M_DURMARGRPMN)

Data file: GHA2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 271

End: 271

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	Never married
1	0 to 4
2	5 to 9
3	10 to 14
4	15 to 19
5	20 to 24
6	25 to 29
7	30+

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

DURMARGRPMN (MV513) reports the number of years elapsed since the man'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 his first partner.

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Concept

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

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