Population and Housing Census 2011
Namibia, 2011
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Jul 10, 2013
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- MORTALITY_REC
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B8. Marital Status (B8)
Data file: PERSON_REC
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
19
End:
20
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is (NAME)'s marital status?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Never Married |
| 2 | Married with Certificate |
| 3 | Married Traditionally |
| 4 | Consensual Union |
| 5 | Divorced |
| 6 | Widowed |
| 7 | Separated |
| 99 | Don't Know |
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
Remember it is the respondent who must define their marital status. .Your duty is to probe as much as possible to establish the proper marital status of the respondents. But do not engage the respondent in an argument about their marital status or challenge the legality thereof. Neither should you insist on seeing the marriage certificate/documents
Description
Definition
This refers to the marital status of persons on the reference night.Marital status includes the following categories:
never married, married with certificate, married traditionally, consensual union, divorced/separated and widowed.
never married, married with certificate, married traditionally, consensual union, divorced/separated and widowed.
Universe
Whole population
Others
Notes
For international comparisons the analysis focused only on population aged 15 years and
above although we acknowledge that there are cases of child marriage in Namibia.
above although we acknowledge that there are cases of child marriage in Namibia.