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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Man's current marital or union status (M_MARSTATMN)

Data file: BGD1997-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 243

End: 244

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

106A. Are you now married, widowed, or divorced?

NEVER MARRIED 1 (GO TO END)
MARRIED 2
WIDOWED 3 (GO TO END)
DIVORCED OR DESERTED 4 (GO TO END)

Categories

Value	Category
00	Never married
10	Married or living together
11	Married
12	Living together
20	Formerly in union
21	Widowed
22	Divorced
23	Separated/not living together
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

MARSTATMN (MV501) reports the man's current marital status. Response categories and question wording vary across surveys. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

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

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