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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth (W_MARTO1STBORNMO)

Data file: TZA2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 310
End: 312
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
710) CHECK 709:

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE

a) In what month and year did you start living with your (husband/partner)?

MONTH____
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR____ (GO TO 712)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE

b) Now I would like to ask about your first (husband/partner). In what month and year did you start living with him?

MONTH____
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR____ (GO TO 712)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
Categories
Value Category
998 First birth prior to first marriage
999 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
MARTO1STBORNMO (V221) reports the number of months between the woman's first marriage (i.e., formal marriage or first episode of living with a man) and her first birth. For women whose first birth occurred before their first marriage, this variable is coded as '998.'

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