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XII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 2010
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BRA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Minnesota Population Center
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Nature of union (BR2010A_0449)

Data file: BRA2010-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 309
End: 309
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
6. Resident characteristics




Nuptiality
For persons 10 years of age or older
[Questions 6.37 to 6.40 were asked for persons 10 years of age and older.]




6.39 What is the nature of the union?

[] 1 Civil and religious marriage
[] 2 Only civil marriage
[] 3 Only religious marriage
[] 4 Consensual union
Categories
Value Category
1 Civil and religious marriage
2 Only civil marriage
3 Only religious marriage
4 Consensual union
9 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
Marriage
For residents 10 years of age or older

The purpose of this section is to know the marital status of the population, in order to conduct studies on family structures and marriage patterns.



6.39 - What was the nature of the union?
Depending on the situation, record:


1 - Civil and Religious Marriage: A person who is married by civil and religious ceremony, even if it one of the parties was not present, but the marriage was done according to religious and civil law.
2 - Civil marriage only: A person who is married only by a civil union.
3 - Religious marriage only: A person who is married only by a religious union.
4 - Cohabitation: A person who lives with someone without being married in civil or religious union. Consider this option even for those who live in stable relationships with notarized contracts.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the nature of the marital union.
Universe
Persons age 10+ with a spouse/partner

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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