Census of Population of Ireland 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1986

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IRL_1986_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Marital status (IE1986A_0404)

Data file: IRL1986-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 168

End: 168

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Q.5 Was the person ever married?

[Marital status - for persons born on or before 13 April, 1971]

Please check the appropriate box:

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married
3	Separated or divorced
4	Widowed
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

Q.5 and Q.6: Marital status
An entry is required at Question 5 for all persons born on or before 13 April 1971. For children under 15 years of age (i.e. born on or after 14 April l97l), these questions should be left blank. At Question 6 information is required on the present actual marital status irrespective of the legal status. Thus, for example a deserted wife though legally married should have a tick in box 5.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person?s marital status.

Universe

Persons age 15+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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