General Census of Population and Housing 1976 - IPUMS Subset
Cameroon, 1976
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Reference ID
CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 15, 2013
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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Marital status (CM1976A_0424)
Data file: CMR1976-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
192
End:
193
Width:
2
Range:
10 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Population 4 years old or older
25) Marital status
[] 10 Single
[] 20 Married (woman)
[] 21 Man married to 1 woman
[] 22 Man married to 2 women
[] 23 Man married to 3 women
[] 24 Man married to 4 women
[] 25 Man married to 5 women
[] 26 Man married to 6 women
[] 27 Man married to 7 women
[] 28 Man married to 8 women
[] 29 Man married to 9+ women
[] 30 Widowed
[] 40 Divorced
25) Marital status
[] 10 Single
[] 20 Married (woman)
[] 21 Man married to 1 woman
[] 22 Man married to 2 women
[] 23 Man married to 3 women
[] 24 Man married to 4 women
[] 25 Man married to 5 women
[] 26 Man married to 6 women
[] 27 Man married to 7 women
[] 28 Man married to 8 women
[] 29 Man married to 9+ women
[] 30 Widowed
[] 40 Divorced
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Single |
| 20 | Married (woman) |
| 21 | Man married to 1 woman |
| 22 | Man married to 2 women |
| 23 | Man married to 3 women |
| 24 | Man married to 4 women |
| 25 | Man married to 5 women |
| 26 | Man married to 6 women |
| 27 | Man married to 7 women |
| 28 | Man married to 8 women |
| 29 | Man married to 9+ women |
| 30 | Widow(er) |
| 40 | Divorced or separated |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
b) Column 17 to 25:
To be filled out individually for the people ages 4 and over (mark a line in column 17 to 25 for children under 4.
Column 25: Marital status
Mark:
-C for a single person (person who was never married)
-M for a married woman
-M1 for a man married with 1 wife
-M2 for a man married with 2 wives, and so on
-V for a widow (person whose partner is deceased and who isn't remarried)
-D for a divorced person (person divorced from his/her partner and who isn't remarried) or separated from his/her spouse
In all cases you should consider statements from the concerned party: a married person is someone who declares himself/herself as such
The number of wives to mark for each married man is the number of current wives.
[Example omitted]
The fourth page of the questionnaire: to be filled out for each household.
N.B. These questions should be asked once per household. In cases where several sheets are used for the same household, only fill out the back of the first sheet and mark a line on the back of the extra sheets that are already filed on the inside of the first sheet once the household has been surveyed.
Events occurring in the household over the last 12 months.
These questions are meant to create an inventory of the births and deaths that occurred in the household over the course of the 12 months that came before the first day of surveying, meaning from April 9 1975 to April 8 1976.
Mark this period once in its reserved space, under the following form: "period from 4/9/75 to 4/8/76".
To be filled out individually for the people ages 4 and over (mark a line in column 17 to 25 for children under 4.
Column 25: Marital status
Mark:
-C for a single person (person who was never married)
-M for a married woman
-M1 for a man married with 1 wife
-M2 for a man married with 2 wives, and so on
-V for a widow (person whose partner is deceased and who isn't remarried)
-D for a divorced person (person divorced from his/her partner and who isn't remarried) or separated from his/her spouse
In all cases you should consider statements from the concerned party: a married person is someone who declares himself/herself as such
The number of wives to mark for each married man is the number of current wives.
[Example omitted]
The fourth page of the questionnaire: to be filled out for each household.
N.B. These questions should be asked once per household. In cases where several sheets are used for the same household, only fill out the back of the first sheet and mark a line on the back of the extra sheets that are already filed on the inside of the first sheet once the household has been surveyed.
Events occurring in the household over the last 12 months.
These questions are meant to create an inventory of the births and deaths that occurred in the household over the course of the 12 months that came before the first day of surveying, meaning from April 9 1975 to April 8 1976.
Mark this period once in its reserved space, under the following form: "period from 4/9/75 to 4/8/76".
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the marital status.
Universe
Persons age 4+
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Demographic Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |