Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015

Reference ID

AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Date of first marriage or cohabitation (CMC), Solar Hijri calendar (B_MAR1STCMC_AF)

Data file: AFG2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 272

End: 275

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

610. CHECK 609:

MARRIED ONLY ONCE: In what month and year did you start living with your husband?
MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE: Now I would like to ask about your first husband. In what month and year did yous tart living with him?

MONTH___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR_____ (GO TO 612)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998

Description

Definition

Like MAR1STCMC (V509), MAR1STCMC_AF reports the century month code (CMC) for the date of the woman's first marriage or cohabitation. However, this variable is country-specific to Afghanistan, as the data are recorded using the Solar Hijri calendar. For most other countries, the CMC data for the date of the woman's first marriage/cohabitation are recorded using the Gregorian calendar. On average, there is a 621 or 622 year gap between the Solar Hijri calendar and the Gregorian calendar.

For detailed information about the interpretation and calculation of CMC statistics on the date of first marriage or cohabitation, see MAR1STCMC (V509).

concept

Concept

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

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