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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
Metadata
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How previous marriage or union ended (V538)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 2900
Invalid: 31696
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 649
End: 649
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How did your previous marriage or union end?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Death / widowhood 569
19.6%
2 Divorce 1623
56%
3 Separation 708
24.4%
9 Missing 416
Sysmiss 31280
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Universe
Women who have been married more than once (V503=2)
Source of information
Respondent
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