Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

Last modified

Jan 16, 2021

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Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped) (B_DURMARGRP)

Data file: ZAF2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 296

End: 297

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
00	Never married
01	0 to 4
02	5 to 9
03	10 to 14
04	15 to 19
05	20 to 24
06	25 to 29
07	30+
96	Marriage not consummated
98	Missing

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

DURMARGRP (V513) reports the number of years elapsed since the woman's first marriage or cohabiting union until the date of the survey interview, in five-year groups. The duration is reported irrespective of whether the respondent is still married or in a union with her first partner.

concept

Concept

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

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