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<p><u><strong>Short Name</strong></u><br>
Median age difference between couples<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Full Name</strong></u><br>
Median age difference between couples<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Domain</strong></u><br>
Gender equality<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Sub-domain</strong></u><br>
Bodily autonomy<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Definition</strong></u><br>
Median difference in years of age between spouses/consensual partners<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Method of Calculation</strong></u><br>
<br><em>Data source specific method of calculation:</em><br>
<br><strong>IPUMS:</strong><br> Median difference in years of age between spouses/consensual partners, with the difference calculated as the male partner's age minus the female partner's age. Positive values thus indicate that male partners are more often older than their female partners. The median is calculated from cumulated single-year percentage distributions of age difference between spouses. Median is linearly interpolated between single-year percentage distributions that occur at age differences before and after 50 percent of the distribution. Age difference between spouses is calculated using the IPUMS attach characteristics feature which allows data users to attach to each person record in a data extract variables that describe other household members. Age of spouse is available on the person record for every married person with a co-resident spouse. The attach characteristics feature uses IPUMS family interrelationship pointer variables.<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Expected Frequency of Data Dissemination</strong></u><br>
Annual<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Geospatial Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Country (geolev0), Sub-national level 1 (geolev1), Sub-national level 2 (geolev2)<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Time Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017<br></p>
<p><u><strong>Disaggregation Dimension Availability</strong></u><br>
Marital status: <em>Currently married or living together</em><br>Nativity: <em>Foreign-born, Native-born</em><br>Place of residence: <em>Rural, Urban</em><br>Race: <em>Afro-Ecuadorian, American Indian, Asian, Bangladeshi, Black, Black African, Brown (Brazil), Chinese, Coloured (South Africa), Creole (Suriname), Filipino, Indian, Indigenous, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Indian, Mestizo (Indigenous and White), Mixed race, Montubio (Ecuador), Mulatto (Black and White), Other, Other Asian, Other Black, Pakistani, Two or more races, Vietnamese, White</em><br></p>
<p><u><strong>Comments</strong></u><br>
<strong>IPUMS:</strong> Age is only available as grouped intervals for these samples: United Kingdom 2001; Israel 1972, 1983, 1995; Italy 2001, 2011; Ireland 1971, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2006; Netherlands 1960, 1971, 2001, 2011; Palestine 1997, 2007; Slovenia 2002. In the AGE variable, data are coded to the mid-points of the intervals (rounding down). Estimates may not be as accurate for these samples as for samples that provide age in single-year values.<br></p> |