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Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006
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EGY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Number of wives (EG2006A_WIVES)

Data file: EGY2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 181
End: 181
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="EG06A407 EG06A408 EG06A420 EG06A421 EG06A422 EG06A424">[Questions 15-20 for all persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EG06A408">16. Number of current wives ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
8 Unknown
9 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
This variable indicates the number of wives currently married male has.
Universe
Egypt 2006: Currently married males [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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