Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset
Nepal, 2006
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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar) (M_MAR1STMOMN_NP)
Data file: NPL2006-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
257
End:
258
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
409A. Now I would like to ask about when you married your first wife. In what month and year was that?
MONTH __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR __ (GO TO 411)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
MONTH __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR __ (GO TO 411)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Baisakh |
| 02 | Jestha |
| 03 | Ashad |
| 04 | Srawan |
| 05 | Bhadra |
| 06 | Aswin |
| 07 | Kartik |
| 08 | Mangsir |
| 09 | Poush |
| 10 | Magh |
| 11 | Falgun |
| 12 | Chaitra |
| 99 | 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 have ever been married or lived with a partner, MAR1STMOMN_NP (MV507_NP) reports the month of the man's first marriage or cohabitation according to Vikram Samvat, the official calendar in Nepal. The year of the man's first marriage/union is reported in MAR1STYRMN_NP.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |