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Second General Census of the Population and Habitation - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1992
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BEN_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (BJ1992A_MARST)

Data file: BEN1992_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 233
End: 234
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em"><br />Persons of 10 years or more of age </span>
<br />[Questions in columns 17 - 21 were asked of persons age 10 or older.]</p>

<p>(17) Marital status
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 Single (C)<br />[] 1 Monogamous marriage (M1)<br />[] 2 Polygamous marriage with 2 wives (M2)<br />[] 3 Polygamous marriage with 3 or more wives (M3)<br />[] 4 Divorced (D)<br />[] 5 Widowed (V)<br />[] 6 Separated (S)<br />[] 7 Free union (UL) [unmarried couple]<br />[] 9 Undeclared (ND)<br />[] 8 Not applicable (SO) [persons younger than 10]</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Single
01 Monogamous
02 Polygamous, 2 wives
03 Polygamous, 3 wives
04 Polygamous, 4 or more wives
05 Divorced
06 Widowed
07 Separated
08 Free union
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 of the individual.
Universe
Benin 1992: Persons age 10+ from a private household [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 1.6%]

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