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Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012
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LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund
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Marital status (MA6)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 1062
Invalid: 22875
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 276
End: 276
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is your marital status now: are you widowed, divorced or separated?
Categories
Value Category
1 Widowed
2 Divorced
3 Separated
9 Missing
Sysmiss
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
Circle the code corresponding to the response given. For a woman who is not currently married and not currently living with someone but who was formerly in a union, record her current marital status at the time of the interview. Since she was in a union at one time, but is not on the day you are interviewing her, she will be either widowed, divorced or separated.

You should use 'widowed' (a) for women who were married and their husband died, and (b) for women who were in an informal union and their partner died. 'Divorced' should be used for women who were formally married and whose marriage formally ended. 'Separated' should be used (a) for women who were married, but are no longer continuing the marriage with their husband, and (b) for women who were in an informal union and are no longer continuing the union with their partner.
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