[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset
India, 2015 - 2016
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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (M_MAR1STMOMN)
Data file: IND2015-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
256
End:
257
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
226. CHECK 214 AND 220:
IF 214 AND 220 NOT ASKED, CHECK 221:
MARRIED ONLY ONCE (214 EQUALS '1' AND 220 EQUALS '2') OR (221 EQUALS '1') (a. In what month and year did you start living with your wife?)
MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE (214 EQUALS '2' OR 220 EQUALS '1') OR (221 EQUALS '2') (b. Now I would like to ask about when you started living with your first wife. In what month and year was that?)
MONTH __ __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR __ __ __ __ (GO TO 229)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
IF 214 AND 220 NOT ASKED, CHECK 221:
MARRIED ONLY ONCE (214 EQUALS '1' AND 220 EQUALS '2') OR (221 EQUALS '1') (a. In what month and year did you start living with your wife?)
MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE (214 EQUALS '2' OR 220 EQUALS '1') OR (221 EQUALS '2') (b. Now I would like to ask about when you started living with your first wife. In what month and year was that?)
MONTH __ __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR __ __ __ __ (GO TO 229)
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 |