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

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Nov 14, 2025

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No. ended last 12 months (endymar)

Data file: css_abs1

Overview

Valid: 20310

Invalid: 3970

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 45

End: 46

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

If currently married ;Q2 (currmar)= Yes , check that Q6(diedmar) + Q7(divmar) + 1 = Q5(nummar). If not currently married ;Q2(currmar) = No , check that Q6(diedmar) + Q7(divmar)= Q5(nummar).

Literal question

How many of your marriages have ended over the last 12 months?

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.

Question post text

00 if none

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