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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2004
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MWI_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of current live-in partners (M_MARPARNUM)

Data file: MWI2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 258
End: 258
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
404. Are you living with one (other) woman or more than one (other) woman as if married?
IF ONLY ONE LIVE-IN PARTNER, RECORD '01'.
IF MORE THAN ONE, ASK: How many women are you living with as if married?

NUMBER OF LIVE-IN PARTNERS ______
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 Missing
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
For men who are currently married or living with a woman, MARPARNUM (MV505B) reports the number of live-in partners he currently has.

The related variable MARWIFENUM (MV505B) reports the number of wives the man currently has.

concept

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