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Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 1996
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NPL_1996_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar) (C_MAR1STMO_NP)

Data file: NPL1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 281
End: 282
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
127. CHECK 125:
MARRIED ONLY ONCE
In what month and year did you first start living with your husband?
PROMPT: At gauna?
MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE
Now we will talk about your first husband. In what month and year did you first start living with him?

MONTH ___________
DON'T KNOW WHAT MONTH 98
YEAR ____ (SKIP TO 129)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 98
HAS NOT STARTED LIVING WITH HUSBAND 95 (SKIP TO END)
Categories
Value Category
01 Baishakh
02 Jestha
03 Ashadh
04 Shrawan
05 Bhadra
06 Ashwin
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 women who have ever been married or lived with a partner, MAR1STMO_NP (V507) reports the month of their first marriage or cohabitation, according to the Nepali calendar or Vikram Samvat. The year of the woman's first marriage/union is reported in MAR1STYR_NP.

concept

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