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Census of Population of Ireland, 1979 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1979
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IRL_1979_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (IE1979A_MARST)

Data file: IRL1979_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 107
End: 107
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IE79A403">5. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">The marital status indicated should relate to the person's present legal status.<br />If under 15 years of age (i.e., born after 1 April, 1964), please check box 1.<br /><br />[] 1 Child<br />[] 2 Single<br />[] 3 Married<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Other status</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
2 Single
3 Married
4 Widowed
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 person's marital status.
Universe
Ireland 1979: Persons age 15 years and older [discrepancies: none]

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