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

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

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

husband at first marriage was older/younger/same age (wom_q613)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4192

invd 41

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When you got married or lived with a man, was the man older than you, younger than you or the same age as you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	older	2091	49.9%
2	younger	40	1%
3	about the same age	325	7.8%
8	don't know/don't remember	56	1.3%
9	not applicable	1425	34%
9999995	missing:impute	255	6.1%
Sysmiss		41

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

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

Question 612 asks about whether the woman chose her partner for herself or he was chosen for her (in an arranged marriage/union). Q613-614 ask about the age of the partner. We would want to know whether the partner was older, younger or the same age as the woman. If the woman says he was older, we need to know the general age difference by asking Q616C.

Description

Text

Age of husband at first marriage relative to woman

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