1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Marital status (US1960A_MARST)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 207

End: 207

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US60A427"><span class="em">P7. Is this person - Married, Widowed, Divorced, Separated, Single (never married)?</span> <br /><div class="i1">(Leave blank for children born after March 31, 1946)</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Married, spouse present
2	Married, spouse absent
3	Separated
4	Divorced
5	Widowed
6	Never married/single

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 each person's current marital status.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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Concept

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