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Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2012 - 2013
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PAK_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Marriage was respondent's choice or arranged (C_MARCHOICE)

Data file: PAK2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 304
End: 305
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
113) While getting married, did you have a say in choosing your (first) husband?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
99 NIU (not in universe)
98 Missing
24 Other family/relatives
23 Brother or sister
22 Aunt or uncle
21 Mother or father
20 Arranged by someone else
10 Respondent's choice
25 Other
97 Don't know
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 women who have ever been married or lived with a man, MARCHOICE indicates whether the woman chose to live with him or the union was arranged.

concept

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