Cleaned spouse and marriage data

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-SPOUSELINKS-2002-v01

Producer(s)

Professor Amelia (Mia) Crampin

Collections

Karonga HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets

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Nov 14, 2025

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Nov 19, 2025

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Date known to be separated with residency data (D) (rsepdate)

Data file: all_spouse_pairs_full

Overview

Valid: 5050

Type: Discrete

Start: 97

End: 106

Width: 10

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

Date known to be separated with residency data

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

<couple is assumed to have separated if reason for end of co-residency episode is birth/death or divorce:>
gen rsepdate=rdate if type==1 & (w_rsn==2 | w_rsn==4 | h_rsn==2 | h_rsn==4)

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