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Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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Reference ID
KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Number of husband's other wives at time of marriage (C_COWIFEATMARNO)

Data file: KEN1989-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 238
End: 239
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
509B. How many other living wives did he have at the time that you married him?

NUMBER____
DOESN'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
99 NIU (not in universe)
98 Missing
97 Don't know
96 Inconsistent
08 8
07 7
06 6
05 5
04 4
03 3
02 2
01 1
00 0
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
COWIFEATMARNO reports the number of other wives the woman's husband had at the start of their marriage/union.

The related variable COWIFEATMARYN indicates whether the woman's husband had any other wives at the start of their marriage/union.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in WIFENUM, a standard variable reporting how many other wives the respondent's husband currently has.

concept

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