Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997

Reference ID

BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped) (C_DURMARGRP)

Data file: BGD1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 281

End: 282

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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.

concept

Concept

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

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