1998 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998

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MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Marital status (MW1998A_MARST)

Data file: MWI1998_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 180

End: 180

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="MW98A415 MW98A416 MW98A417 MW98A418 MW98A419 MW98A420"> [Questions B16-B19 are for persons age 10 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW98A415">B16. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Widowed<br />[] 3 Divorced/separated<br />[] 4 Never married</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Married
2	Widowed
3	Divorced/separated
4	Never married
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 marital status of the person.

Universe

Malawi 1998: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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