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Population Census 1991, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991
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JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Marital status (JM1991A_MARST)

Data file: JAM1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="JM91A411">3.6. What is your / [the respondent's] legal marital status? For example are you/is he/she married, divorced, widowed or never married?<br /><div class="i1">[] Never married<br />[] Married<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Divorced<br />[] Legally separated<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
5 Legally separated
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 person's marital status.
Universe
Jamaica 1991: Persons in private households and some group quarters [discepancies: none]

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