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Mongolia - MICS 2005

Reference ID	MNG-NSO-MICS2005-v1.0
Year	2005
Country	Mongolia
Producer(s)	National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s)	UNICEF - UNICEF - Funding of survey implementation Ministry of Finance of Mongolia - MoFM - Funding of survey implementation
Collection(s)	Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
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Created on	Jul 31, 2013
Last modified	Jul 08, 2014
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• Data Dictionary
  • Household
  • Household Roster
  • Woman
  • Child
• Variable Groups
  • Interview and HH identification
  • Characteristics of dwelling
    • Security of tenure
    • Durability of housing
    • Cooking fuels
  • Water and sanitation
  • Characteristics of the head
  • Members characteristics
  • Education
    • Early learning
    • Early child development
  • Children's living arrangements
  • Child mortality
  • Maternal and newborn health
    • Antenatal care
    • Assistance at delivery
    • Newborn health
    • Maternal mortality
  • Nutrition
    • Anthropometry
    • Breastfeeding
    • Salt iodization and usage of flour fortified by vitamins and minerals
  • Child health
    • Vitamin A
    • Immunizations
    • Care seeking behaviour
    • Diarrhoea
    • Acute respiratory infection
    • Disposal of child's stools
  • Source and cost of supplies
  • Contraception
  • Child protection
    • Birth registration
    • Child labor
    • Child discipline
    • Child disability
    • Attitudes towards domestic violence
  • Marriage/union
  • HIV-AIDS knowledge
  • Wealth Index
  • Asset ownership
    • Income
  • Weighting coefficients
  • Others

Age at first union (MA8)
File: Woman

Overview

Type: Continuous Format: numeric Width: 2 Decimals: 0 Range: 16-96 Invalid: 97-

Valid cases: 119 (117.9) Invalid: 7938 (7943.6) Minimum: 16 Maximum: 39 Mean: 20.7 (20.7) Standard deviation: 3.6 (3.6)

Universe

Women aged 15-49 years who ever been married or lived together with a man as if married

Source of information

The eligible woman selected for interview

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
98	Don't know	4	4
99	Not applicable	13	13

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.

Questions and instructions

Pre question

Check MA6:

Both month and year of marriage/union known? Go to Next Module

Either month or year of marriage/union not known? Continue with MA8

Literal question

How old were you when you started living with your first husband/partner?

Interviewer instructions

As with other age questions, if she does not know, probe. For instance, ask how old she was when her first child was born and then ask how long before or after giving birth she began living with her first husband or partner. Do not leave this question blank.