Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset
Nepal, 2001
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Month of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar) (M_MAR1STMOMN_NP)
Data file: NPL2001-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
259
End:
260
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
126. CHECK 122 OR 124:
MARRIED ONLY ONCE
In what month and year did you start living with your wife?
MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE
Now we will talk about your first wife.
In what month and year did you start living with her?
MONTH __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR ____ (GO TO 128)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
HAS NOT STARTED LIVING WITH HER 9996 (END)
MARRIED ONLY ONCE
In what month and year did you start living with your wife?
MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE
Now we will talk about your first wife.
In what month and year did you start living with her?
MONTH __
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98
YEAR ____ (GO TO 128)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998
HAS NOT STARTED LIVING WITH HER 9996 (END)
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 |