General Census of Population and Housing 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987

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MLI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Bureau of the Census, IPUMS

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Marital status (ML1987A_MARST)

Data file: MLI1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="ML87A427">For individuals 12 years of age and older.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ML87A427">23. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">_</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single (never married)
2	Monogamous (man), first marriage (woman)
3	Polygamous 2 wives (man), second marriage (woman)
4	Polygamous 3 wives (man), third marriage (woman)
5	Polygamous 4 wives (man), fourth marriage (woman)
6	Widowed
7	Divorced
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

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 indentifies the marital status of each person.

Universe

Mali 1987: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept

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