Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997

Reference ID

IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center

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Number of wives (IQ1997A_0410)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 210

End: 210

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

To be filled by people age 12 and older
[Applies to questions 38-45]

For married males only

41. Number of wives legally under his protection ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
9	Unknown

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.

Interviewer instructions

41. Number of wives legally under his protection (for married males only):
Means the wife that still practice the marriage life with her husband and the marriage bond between them doesn't end legally for any reason till the census day.
This field is filled for the married males only and the numerator has to notice the sex field number (36) and the marital status number (38) before recording the special data concerning the number of wives legally under his protection. If the husband married one wife only we records number (1) in the space indicated for that field but if he is married to more than one wife for example three wives records number (3) and so on.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of wives a man had. Divorced wives were not counted.

Universe

Males age 12+ who are currently married

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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