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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Woman never, currently, or formerly married (W_CURRMARR)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 283
End: 283
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
601. Are you currently married or living together with a man as if married?

YES, CURRENTLY MARRIED 1 (GO TO 604)
YES, LIVING WITH A MAN 2 (GO TO 604)
NO, NOT IN UNION 3
Categories
Value Category
0 Never married
1 Currently married
2 Formerly married
8 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
CURRMARR (V502) reports the woman's marital/union status as "Never married," "Currently married," or "Formerly married."

"Never married" includes women who have never lived with a partner. "Currently married" includes women who are married and those who are not formally married but are living with a partner. "Formerly married" includes women who are widowed, divorced, or separated, or who have formerly lived with a partner. For samples restricted to ever-married women, only women who are formally married (not cohabiting) are included as "married."

concept

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