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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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Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped) (W_DURMARGRP)

Data file: NPL1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 275
End: 276
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
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.

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