ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1

Producer(s)

Dr Neil French (Director)

Collections

Karonga HDSS

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Nov 14, 2025

Last modified

Nov 18, 2025

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Total husbands (nummar)

Data file: css_abs2

Overview

Valid: 11882

Invalid: 7215

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 41

End: 42

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many wives have you had in total, in your whole life? (including current wives)
Think of all wives you ever had, even if you lived together for a short time, or even if they went home or died.

Categories

Value	Category
98	Unknown
99	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.

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