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Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2024-25 – Couple's Record


Description
Id EPHI-DS0639
Name Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2024-25 – Couple's Record
Format .dta
Coverage Location National
Coverage Sex Both
Abstract

A key feature of the Couples Record is the linkage between the woman and her husband or partner. The variable identifies the line number of the woman's husband, while the male component contains variables identifying the wife or partner. The dataset includes up to eight wife/partner line-number variables and corresponding age variables. It also records the number of wives or partners.
The male component provides information on the husband or partner, including age, education, residence, religion, household characteristics, literacy, media exposure, mobile-phone ownership, internet use, financial-account ownership, self-reported health status, and wealth-related characteristics.

Additional Material No
Keywords
  • EHDS
  • Couples
  • 2025/25
Recommended Yes
Location
Cleaned No
Cleaned Format . csdb
RawFormat .dta
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Treatment
Date Data Collection Started 2024-07-03
Date Data Collection End 2025-01-02
Title Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2024/25-Couples Record
Data Type Laboratory
PublicationYear 2026
SugestedCitation

Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2024–25

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Description

The Couples Record dataset of the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2024/25 is a specialized dataset that combines information about women and their husbands or partners within the same record. The dataset is structured to support analysis at the couple level, allowing characteristics and responses of both partners to be examined together.

The dataset contains a common case identification variable and key survey identification variables, including cluster number, household number, respondent's line number, ultimate area unit, sampling weight, interview date, region, and type of place of residence.

The female component of the Couples Record contains information on the woman, including her age, education, literacy, marital and union characteristics, reproductive history, fertility preferences, contraceptive-related information, employment, household characteristics, and socioeconomic conditions. For example, the dataset includes variables describing total children ever born, births during the previous five years and previous year, current pregnancy, number of living children, age at first birth, and other reproductive characteristics.

Dataset study design Cross-sectional survey
Date Data Archived 2026-07-04
Date Data Cataloged 2026-10-02
Data Generating Unit CSA
URL https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/639

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Open Access