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National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 1990
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PNG_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (PG1990A_MARST)

Data file: PNG1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 172
End: 172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">[The rural and urban census forms are identical for questions 1-17. Questions 1-17 are provided here in detail under the rural census form, and omitted in the urban census form.]</span></p>

<p>5. Marital Status</p>
<div class="i1">Circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated/ Divorced<br />[] 4 Widowed</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Divorced or separated
4 Widowed
9 Unknown
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 marital status of a person in the household.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1990: All persons

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