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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of current wives (M_MARWIFENUM)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 251
End: 251
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
402 Do you have one wife or more than one wife?
IF ONLY ONE WIFE, ENTER '01'.
IF MORE THAN ONE, ASK: How many wives do you currently have?

NUMBER OF WIVES ___ ___ ___
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
8 Missing
9 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 are currently married or living with a woman, MARWIFENUM (MV505A) reports the number of wives he currently has.

The related variable MARPARNUM (MV505B) reports the number of live-in partners (not wives) the man currently has.

concept

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