Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999

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Reference ID

NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Ever been married (B_EVERMARRIED)

Data file: NGA1999-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 270

End: 271

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

504. Have you ever been married or lived with a man?

YES, FORMERLY MARRIED 1
YES, LIVED WITH A MAN 2 (GO TO 511)
NO 3 (GO TO 515)

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Formerly married
11	Formerly married with certificate
12	Formerly married by custom
20	Lived with a man
98	Missing
99	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 women who are not currently married or living with a man, EVERMARRIED (V535) reports the woman's relationship history as "No [never married/in union]," "Formerly married," or "Lived with a man."

concept

Concept

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

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