1) Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 whose current marriage is registered with the civil authorities
2) Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 whose current marriage or union is registered and who have any documentation recognizing the marriage/union
3) Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 whose current marriage is registered with the civil authorities and have a marriage certificate
Coverage:
Population base: Currently married women (v502 = 1) (IR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators:
1) Number of currently married women (v502 = 1) whose current marriage is registered with civil authority (v542 = 1 or v544 = 1)
2) Number of currently married women (v502 = 1) whose current marriage is registered (v542 = 1 or v544 = 1) and who have any documentation recognizing the marriage (v543a = 1 or v543b = 1 or v543c = 1 or v543d = 1)
3) Number of currently married women (v502 = 1) whose current marriage is registered with civil authority (v542 = 1 or v544 = 1) and have a marriage certificate (v543a = 1 or v543b = 1)
Denominator:
Number of currently married women (v502 = 1)
Variables: IR file.
|
v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union |
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v505 |
Number of co-wives |
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v542 |
Has a marriage certificate for current marriage/union |
|
v543a |
Marriage certificate from church, mosque or other religious institution |
|
v543b |
Marriage certificate from civil authority |
|
v543c |
Other document from religious institution |
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v543d |
Other document from civil authority |
|
v544 |
Current marriage ever registered with civil authority |
|
v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
|
awfactt |
All women factor (only needed with ever-married samples) |
For each definition numerators aredivided by the denominator and multiplied by 100. In ever-married samples, the denominator is adjustedby the all women factors.
Marital status is not allowedto have missing values. Women who are unsure or don’t know if their marriage is registered or if they have a certificate are excluded from the numerator but included in the denominator.
Percentages add up to 100 percent.
Currently married women include women who are living with a man as if married.
These indicators were not reported prior to DHS-8.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 4.2
API Indicator IDs:
MA_MREG_REG, MA_MREG_RMC