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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Marriage date (15-April of reported year) (D) (mardate)

Data file: all_spouse_pairs_clean_summarised

Overview

Valid: 14362

Type: Discrete

Start: 23

End: 32

Width: 10

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

Marriage date (15-April of reported year)

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: mardate (table[s]: all_spouse_pairs_full [derived table])
variable: rmardate (table[s]: all_spouse_pairs_full [derived table])
variable: rsepdate (table[s]: all_spouse_pairs_full [derived table])

the mode of the reported marriage dates is taken first (this is the date estimated from the marriage start year reported by either partner). It is updated to the earliest co-residency date if this is earlier, or in the same year but different date (as the reported values are all estimated as 15 April).

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