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National Census of Population and Housing in 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 2002
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POL_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Legal marital status (PL2002A_MARST)

Data file: POL2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 213
End: 213
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">8. What is your legal marital status? (Persons age 15 and up) </span><div class="i1">Concern persons born in 1987 and earlier. If the answer is: 2 or 3 or 6 go to question 9; 1 or 4 or 5 go to question 10<br /><br />[] 1 Single (never married), go to question 10<br />[] 2 Legally married (and living together), go to question 9<br />[] 3 Legally married (living separately), go to question 9 <br />[] 4 Widower - widow, go to question 10<br />[] 5 Divorced, go to question 10 <br />[] 6 Legally separated (de jure status), go to question 9</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Single (never married)
2 Legally married and living together
3 Legally married and living separately
4 Widower or widow
5 Divorced
6 Legally separated
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 person’s legal marital status.
Universe
Poland 2002: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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