Census of Population of Ireland, 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1971

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Reference ID

IRL_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Marital status (IE1971A_MARST)

Data file: IRL1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 175

End: 175

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="IE71A403" v="IE71A403 IE71A404">8. Marriage ____<br /><div class="i1">If 14 years of age or over, write "Single", "Married" or "Widowed", as appropriate. If under 14 years of age, write "Child"</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married
3	Widowed
8	Unknown
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the marital status of the person.

Universe

Ireland 1971: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

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