VII. Ever married women age 10-54
[Questions 701-716]
704. How old was [the respondent] when you first married?
_ _ years
6.7 Block VII. Women age 10-54 who ever married
This block is only asked to women aged 10-54 years old who ever married in order to obtain information on marriage, number of children born alive, children currently alive and deceased children. The characteristics are very useful to count the total number of births and the number of stillbirths. Try to interview the mother in question.
Block VII is filled in after the characteristics of all household members are recorded into Block V and Block VI. In a set of SUPAS95-S there are 4 pages of Block VII that are in pages 26-29. Write the characteristics of ever married women age 10-54 first on page 26, then on page 27 and so forth. If in one household there are more than four ever married women aged 10-54 years old, use an extra page.
For Block VII, read the questions that are printed in small letters.
Question 704: Age when first married
Ask the age of the respondent at the first marriage. If the month and year of the first marriage is known, count the age when first married by relating the month and year of the first marriage with the month and year of birth.
As in the calculation of age, the age when married for the first time is rounded downwards. Write the age in the provided place.
Example:
Ms. Maryam was born on January 1939. She married for the first time in May 1964. The age when married for the first time is 25 years old (although actually it is 25 years 4 months).