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1971 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1971
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GBR_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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Marital status (UK1971A_MARST)

Data file: GBR1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 80
End: 80
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Complete a line in Part B for every person present, that is every person who:</span><div class="i1">a) Spends Census night 25/26 April 1971 in this household or<br />b) Joins this household on Monday 26 April and has not been included as present on Census from elsewhere.</div><p>B6. Write 'single', 'married', 'widowed' or 'divorced' as appropriate. ____</p>
<div class="i1">If separated and not divorced, write 'married'</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
United Kingdom 1971: All persons

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