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2011 Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2011
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MUS_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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Married more than once (MU2011A_MARRNUM)

Data file: MUS2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 258
End: 258
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Individual form</span></p>

<p>[Questions P14 through P16 were asked of persons who were not single at P13]</p>

<p>P15. Whether married more than once</p>
<div class="i1">State if:<br /><br />[] Y: Yes<br />[] N: No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">6. Population census topics and their usefulness</span></p>

<p><span class="em">P14, P15 and P16 - Age at first marriage, whether married more than once and number of children ever born</span>
<br />Answers to these questions provide data on marriage and fertility patterns. They are used to calculate measures of fertility, including average number of children born to women and childlessness.</p>

<p><span class="h1">8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire</span></p>

<p>[P14, P15 and P16 are for persons not reported as single in P13]</p>

<p><span class="em">P15 - Whether married more than once</span>
<br />[figure omitted]</p>

<p>For every person, male or female, who is not single in P13, and who has been married more than once: shade box "Y".</p>

<p>For those married only once: shade box "N".</p>

<p>A person married religiously on one date and civilly on another date, is considered to have been married only once provided it is to the same partner.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has married more than once.
Universe
Mauritius 2011: Ever married persons [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 1.7%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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