Philippines 2017 NDHS [message #20264] |
Fri, 16 October 2020 11:38 ![Go to next message Go to next message](/theme/default/images/down.png) |
JREY
Messages: 13 Registered: August 2015
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I am using the 2017 NDHS data for the Philippines to examine union formation in the country.
I noticed that there is a question on the date of marriage in the questionnaire (711B), but the corresponding variables are not available in the dataset. Only the date of cohabitation is available in the data set, even though the actual date of marriage (for those who married) was collected in the survey.
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Re: Philippines 2017 NDHS [message #20274 is a reply to message #20264] |
Mon, 19 October 2020 09:07 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/theme/default/images/up.png) ![Go to next message Go to next message](/theme/default/images/down.png) |
Bridgette-DHS
Messages: 3151 Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:
Q711B gives the date of marriage, but this survey does not distinguish between cohabitation and marriage. v507-v509 have "cohabitation" in their variable names and the questions refer to "marriage". I hope that during fieldwork there was some reconciliation of the terminology because, as I said, the interest is not in the date of a formal marriage but in the date when the couple "lived as married" (another term sometime used). The interest is in when the woman was at risk of getting pregnant and therefore may have needed family planning services.
[Updated on: Mon, 19 October 2020 09:07] Report message to a moderator
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