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Fourth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 1990
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Marital status (CN1990A_MARST)

Data file: CHN1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 184
End: 184
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CN90A412 CN90A413 CN90A414 CN90A415">[Questions 10-13 were asked of persons age 15 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CN90A415">13. Marital status:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Divorced</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
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
<svar a="all" v="CN90A415">13. <span class="em">Marital Status</span> --- Those aged 15 and above. At the time of Census, for those never-married people, circle "1" (Never-Married). At the time of Census, for those who have spouses (including those who are re-married after being widowed or divorced), circle "2" (Married). For those whose spouse is deceased but who are not married at the time of Census, circle "3" (Widowed). For those who is divorced but are not married at the time of Census, circle "4" (Divorced).<br /><br />The answer to the marital status should reflect the actual situation, rather than only the legal marriages.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's marital status.

The status ''married'' includes couples living together as well as those legally married.
Universe
China 1990: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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