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Expenditure and Consumption Survey, 2007

West Bank and Gaza, 2007 - 2008
Reference ID
WBG_2007_PECS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Marital status - head (MARTHD)

Data file: Pal_2007_HH

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 72
End: 72
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married monogamous
3 Married polygamous
4 Divorced/Separated
5 Widowed
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
Legal administrative status concerning marriage of the head
Universe
All heads aged 12 +

Others

Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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Should not be imputed, it can be generated only for those to whom the question was asked (in other words, the youngest age at which information is collected may differ depending on the survey).
Married refers to only formal marriages (including legally married). Polygamous unions includes males with multiple spouses.
Number of spouses in household can be applied to compute polygamy.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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