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MARREGISTERED
(V544)Current marriage registered with civil authority
Codes and Frequencies
Description
MARCERREGISTERED (V544) indicates whether the female respondentâs marriage was ever registered with civil authority.
Comparability
MARREGISTERED (V544) differs across samples in who was asked the question and the question wording. This information was sometimes collected for currently married women, sometimes for currently married women without a marriage certificate, and sometimes also for formerly married women who did not have a marriage certificate for their past marriage.
Comparability - Standard DHS
MARREGISTERED (V544) is included in the standard DHS questionnaire in Phase VIII.
Universe
- Burkina Faso 2021: Women age 15-49 who are currently married and don't have a marriage certificate for their current marriage or are formerly married and don't have a marriage certificate for that marriage.
- Cambodia 2021: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2022: Women age 15-49 who are currently married and don't have a marriage certificate for their current marriage,
- Kenya 2022: Women age 15-49 who are currently married.
- Lesotho 2023: Women age 15-49 who are currently married and don't have a marriage certificate for their current marriage.
- Mozambique 2022: Women age 15-49 who are currently married.
- Nepal 2022: Women age 15-49 who are currently married and don't have a marriage certificate for their current marriage or are formerly married and don't have a marriage certificate for that marriage.
- Philippines 2022: Women age 15-49 who are currently married and don't have a marriage certificate for their current marriage or are formerly married and don't have a marriage certificate for that marriage.
- Senegal 2023: Women age 15-49 who are currently married and don't have a marriage certificate for their current marriage.
- Tanzania 2022: Women age 15-49 who are currently married and don't have a marriage certificate for their current marriage or are formerly married and don't have a marriage certificate for that marriage.
