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General Population Census IV and Housing II 1963 - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1963
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URY_1963_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (UY1963A_0403)

Data file: URY1963-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 150
End: 150
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. Marital status

Mark the corresponding box.


[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 In free union
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Free union
4 Widowed
5 Divorced
9 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
Title 5: Marital status
187. Make the notation of the case in the corresponding box, according to the following definitions:

Single: one who never married and does not live in a free union

Married: one who contracted matrimonial ties, maintains this state and does not live in a free union.

In free union: one who lives in marital union without having contracted matrimonial ties.

Widowed: one who, having been married, survived the spouse and has not contracted matrimonial ties and does not live in a free union.

Divorced: One who terminated the matrimonial ties with the spouse by judicial sentence and has not contracted matrimonial ties nor lives in a free union.


188. In cases in which a name and surname of a woman (title 1) who claims to be married does not include the surname of the spouse, the enumerator should be assured that this state is the truth, based on other recovered information.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
All persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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