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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Marriage ended month (endmarmth)
Data file: css_abs1spouses
Overview
Valid:
234
Invalid:
16896
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
49
End:
50
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Now I am going to ask you questions about the husband(s) you have been married to in the past. Among these, please start with the husband whom you divorced /separate from or who died the most recently, and then continue with the one you divorced or who died before him and so on and so on.
Literal question
When did marriage end? (MM)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | 20 |
8.5%
|
| 2 | February | 21 |
9%
|
| 3 | March | 19 |
8.1%
|
| 4 | April | 19 |
8.1%
|
| 5 | May | 10 |
4.3%
|
| 6 | June | 27 |
11.5%
|
| 7 | July | 19 |
8.1%
|
| 8 | August | 13 |
5.6%
|
| 9 | September | 26 |
11.1%
|
| 10 | October | 13 |
5.6%
|
| 11 | November | 23 |
9.8%
|
| 12 | December | 24 |
10.3%
|
| 77 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 16896 |
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.