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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Man's current marital or union status (M_MARSTATMN)

Data file: GHA2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 249

End: 250

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

401. Are you currently married or living together with a woman as if married?

YES, CURRENTLY MARRIED 1 (GO TO 404)
YES, LIVING WITH A WOMAN 2 (GO TO 404)
NO, NOT IN UNION 3

Categories

Value	Category
00	Never married
10	Married or living together
11	Married
12	Living together
20	Formerly in union
21	Widowed
22	Divorced
23	Separated/not living together
98	Missing

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

MARSTATMN (MV501) reports the man's current marital status. Response categories and question wording vary across surveys. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

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

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