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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Bride wealth (bridewealth)

Data file: css_abs1spouses

Overview

Valid: 4333

Invalid: 12797

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 33

End: 33

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

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 ).

Literal question

Has your husband paid bride wealth?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No	1242	28.7%
2	Partial	2150	49.6%
3	Full	941	21.7%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	108
Sysmiss		12689

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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