Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

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month of first marriage (wom_q610month)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 3907

invd 326

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE: In what month and year did you start living with your husband/partner?

MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE: Now I would like to ask you about when you started living with your first husband/partner. In what month and year was that?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	jan	288	7.4%
2	feb	185	4.7%
3	mar	132	3.4%
4	apr	193	4.9%
5	may	143	3.7%
6	jun	135	3.5%
7	jul	660	16.9%
8	aug	158	4%
9	sep	102	2.6%
10	oct	110	2.8%
11	nov	101	2.6%
12	dec	212	5.4%
98	don't know	63	1.6%
99	not applicable	1425	36.5%
9999995	missing:impute	0	0%
Sysmiss		326

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.

Question pretext

CHECK 609:

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

You need to do two things in this question. First, check back to the answer to Q609 and select the appropriate option. Then read the question under this option and record the response as given by the woman. We want to know the month and year when the respondent started living with her (first) husband or partner. If she can't remember the date, you will need to probe. The dates recorded in the birth history may help you in probing. For example, check the date of birth of her first child and ask her how many months or years before (or after) the birth she started living with her (first) husband or partner. Note that we are interested in the starting date of her first union (marriage or living together), not the date of first sex or first birth. Do not assume that the starting date of first union comes before date of the first birth; it may be that she had her first birth before her first union. If she answers in terms of the number of years, (for example, “two years ago”), probe to find the month and year. Notice that in recording the date in Q. 610, you will record both the month and year and if one of these items is not known, you will select DON'T KNOW for that item.

Description

Text

Month of first marriage

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years who are in union according to wom_q601 or who have ever been married according to wom_q602A