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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped) (B_DURMARGRP)

Data file: BEN1996-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 280
End: 281
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
512) CHECK 511:

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE: In what month and year did you start living with your husband/partner?

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE: Now we will talk about your first husband/partner. In what month and year did you start living with him?

MONTH ____
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR ____ (GO TO 515)
DON'T KNOW YEAR 98
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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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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