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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How married v2 onwards (howmar)
Data file: css_abs1spouses
Overview
Valid:
15923
Invalid:
1207
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
31
End:
32
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 husband.... If Q2( currmar) = No and Q6(diedmar)+Q7(divmar)> 0 then skip to Q15(datemarmth, datemaryr and agemar). If Q2(currmar) = No and Q6(diedmar)+Q7(divmar)=0, then skip to Q24(mena and agemena ).
-Circle ONE
-Circle ONE
Literal question
How did you get married?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eloped both agreed | 11230 |
70.5%
|
| 2 | Eloped parents | 351 |
2.2%
|
| 3 | Eloped woman | 187 |
1.2%
|
| 4 | Eloped man | 267 |
1.7%
|
| 5 | Sent while pregnant | 1208 |
7.6%
|
| 6 | Church | 2482 |
15.6%
|
| 7 | Went to stay at her house | 138 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | Inherited her | 52 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | Other | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 23 | |
| Sysmiss | 1184 |
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.