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Re: Variables used to define marital status? [message #26942 is a reply to message #26907]

Tue, 30 May 2023 16:55

Janet-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

Marital status is given by v501. Below I will give the unweighted distribution for this survey and the codes (which are standard across surveys). All women except those with v501=0 are eligible (in terms of marital status) for the DV module. Currently married or living as married means v501 equals 1 or 2. Some of the questions refer to the current partner but some include earlier partners, for whom v501 can be 3, 4, or 5.

. tab v501

             current marital status |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.

------------------------------------+----------------------- ------------

                     never in union |      4,616       23.68       23.68

                            married |     13,513       69.31       92.99

                living with partner |        242        1.24       94.23

                            widowed |        406        2.08       96.31

                           divorced |        645        3.31       99.62

no longer living together/separated |         74        0.38      100.00

------------------------------------+----------------------- ------------

                              Total |     19,496      100.00

. label list V501

V501:

           0 never in union

           1 married

           2 living with partner

           3 widowed

           4 divorced

           5 no longer living together/separated

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		Variables used to define marital status? By: David34 on Tue, 23 May 2023 13:09
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