Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (M_MAR1STMOMN)
Data file: GHA2008-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
256
End:
257
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
411. In what month and year did you start living with your (wife/partner)?
411A. Now I would like to ask a question about your first wife/partner. In what month and year did you start living with your first wife/partner?
MONTH __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR __ (GO TO 413)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
411A. Now I would like to ask a question about your first wife/partner. In what month and year did you start living with your first wife/partner?
MONTH __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR __ (GO TO 413)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
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 |
| 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 men who have ever been married or lived with a woman, MAR1STMOMN (MV507) reports the month of their first marriage or (for most samples) unmarried cohabitation. The year of the man's first marriage/union is reported in MAR1STYRMN (MV508).
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |