Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset
Nepal, 2016
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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar) (M_MAR1STMOMN_NP)
Data file: NPL2016-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
256
End:
257
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
411. CHECK 405 AND 410:
BOTH ARE CODE '2':
a) In what month and year did you start living with your (wife/partner)?
OTHER:
b) Now I would like to ask about your first (wife/partner). In what month and year did you start living with her?
MONTH___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR____ (GO TO 413)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
BOTH ARE CODE '2':
a) In what month and year did you start living with your (wife/partner)?
OTHER:
b) Now I would like to ask about your first (wife/partner). In what month and year did you start living with her?
MONTH___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR____ (GO TO 413)
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 |