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General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976
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CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, IPUMS
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Marital status (CM1976A_MARST)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 223
End: 224
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CM76A414 CM76A415 CM76A416 CM76A417 CM76A418 CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421 CM76A422 CM76A423 CM76A424"><span class="h3">Population 4 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM76A424"><span class="em">25) Marital status</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 10 Single<br />[] 20 Married (woman)<br />[] 21 Man married to 1 woman<br />[] 22 Man married to 2 women<br />[] 23 Man married to 3 women<br />[] 24 Man married to 4 women<br />[] 25 Man married to 5 women<br />[] 26 Man married to 6 women<br />[] 27 Man married to 7 women<br />[] 28 Man married to 8 women<br />[] 29 Man married to 9+ women<br />[] 30 Widowed<br />[] 40 Divorced</div><br /></svar>
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status.
Universe
Cameroon 1976: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.8%]

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