Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 2008
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Number of wives/partners in man's household (M_WIFEPARNUM)
Data file: GHA2008-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
273
End:
274
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
406. Altogether, how many wives do you have or other partners do you live with as if married?
TOTAL NUMBER OF WIVES AND LIVE-IN PARTNERS __
TOTAL NUMBER OF WIVES AND LIVE-IN PARTNERS __
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | No wives or partners |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 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
WIFEPARNUM (MV035) reports the number of wives or co-resident partners the man has for whom household line numbers are available or who are coded as "Not in household" (LINENOWIFE_ALL (MV034_x).
The related variable WIFENUMMN (MV505) reports the number of wives or partners the man currently has.
The related variable WIFENUMMN (MV505) reports the number of wives or partners the man currently has.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |