Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey 2010

Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Reference ID

MUS_2010_CMPHS_v01_M

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Statistics Mauritius

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marital status (maritalstat)

Data file: CMPHS2010ano

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 20

End: 20

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Enter the first name and demographic characteristics of every memeber of the household. Do not forget to include married children forming part of the household nad their families, and members of the household temporarily abroad.

Literal question

Marital status

Categories

Value	Category
1	Married/in a union
2	Widowed
3	Divorced
4	Separated
5	Single

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

Be tactful when asking questions on marital status. Always accept marital status as stated by the respondent. You may use the following abbreviations.
M - for a person who is either married religiously and/or civilly or who is living in a free union without having been formally married.
W - for a person who is widowed and has not remarried.
D - for a person who has legally obtained a divorce and has not remarried.
SEP - for a person who is living separately from his wife/her husband and no divorce has been obtained.
S - for a single person who has never been married religiously or civilly, or has never lived in a consensual union.

Description

Universe

All persons who usually live in the household including babies as well as usual members of the household who are temporarily absent such as students abroad, persons away on vacation or business trips, persons in hospitals or in penal institutions etc. However, temporary visitors to the household are not included.

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