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Census of Sweden 1910 - IPUMS Subset

Sweden, 1910
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SWE_1910_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (SE1910A_MARST)

Data file: SWE1910_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 409
End: 409
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Parish book (all counties in Sweden, except the city of Stockholm)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Column 7 </span>
<br />____ Married (year, day and month)</p>

<p><span class="em">Column 8 </span>
<br />____ Widower, widow or divorced (year, day and month)
Categories
Value Category
1 Married, spouse present
2 Married, spouse absent
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Never married or single
7 Indeterminate or 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Instructions for filling out the enumeration forms</span>
<br />(Compare the following instructions with the attached example form)
<br />On filling out the form for extracts from the parish book the following rules should be followed.</p>

<p><span class="em">Column 7-8</span>
<br />For a correct distribution of sex and marriage status a one (1) should be put in one of these columns in accordance with the label in the column header. This applies also for infants.

Description

Definition
This variable identifies a person's marital status.
Universe
Sweden 1910: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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