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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First known married date (D) (fstknwmardate)

Data file: all_spouse_pairs_clean_summarised

Overview

Valid: 8304

Type: Discrete

Start: 36

End: 45

Width: 10

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

First known married date (D)

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: stillmardate (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 earliest date either couple report being married to this partner is used first (i.e. the interview date when the partnership first reported when they are married to them). It is updated to the earliest co-residency date if this is earlier. After all the dates have been finalised this date is removed if mardate is available.

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