ABS Adult Behavior Survey 2008-2011
Malawi
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-ABS-2008-v1
Producer(s)
Dr Neil French (Director)
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Nov 14, 2025
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Month married (datemarmth)
Data file: css_abs2spouses
Overview
Valid:
9603
Invalid:
3766
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
23
End:
24
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
If Q2( currmar) = Yes : Now I am going to ask you questions about your current wife (ves)…. If Q2( currmar) = No and Q8(endymar)>0, then skip to Q15. If Q2( currmar) = No and Q8(endymar) = 00, then skip to Q24(poly2mar).
Literal question
When did you marry?(MM)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | 826 |
8.6%
|
| 2 | February | 770 |
8%
|
| 3 | March | 698 |
7.3%
|
| 4 | April | 663 |
6.9%
|
| 5 | May | 524 |
5.5%
|
| 6 | June | 889 |
9.3%
|
| 7 | July | 735 |
7.7%
|
| 8 | August | 817 |
8.5%
|
| 9 | September | 917 |
9.5%
|
| 10 | October | 1010 |
10.5%
|
| 11 | November | 841 |
8.8%
|
| 12 | December | 913 |
9.5%
|
| 77 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 3766 |
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.