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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How married v2 onwards (howmar)
Data file: css_abs2spouses
Overview
Valid:
12249
Invalid:
1120
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 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).
Circle ONE
Circle ONE
Literal question
How did you marry?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eloped both agreed | 8270 |
67.5%
|
| 2 | Eloped parents | 336 |
2.7%
|
| 3 | Eloped woman | 142 |
1.2%
|
| 4 | Eloped man | 230 |
1.9%
|
| 5 | Sent while pregnant | 1174 |
9.6%
|
| 6 | Church | 2028 |
16.6%
|
| 7 | Went to stay at her house | 38 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Inherited her | 27 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Other | 4 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 38 | |
| Sysmiss | 1082 |
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.