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1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980
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TTO_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (TT1980A_MARST)

Data file: TTO1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 177
End: 177
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 6 Marital Status - For persons 14 years and over</span></p>

<p>28. What is (N) [the respondent] marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Never married (NM)<br />[] 2 Married (M)<br />[] 3 Widowed (W)<br />[] 4 Legally separated (LS)<br />[] 5 Divorced (D)<br />[] 9 Not stated (NS)</div><div class="i2">Interviewer: This question applies only to persons fourteen years and over and NOT attending Primary or Secondary school full time.</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Legally separate
5 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 indicates the respondent's marital status.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1980: Persons age 14+ who are not attending primary or secondary school full time [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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