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Census of Population of Ireland, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1996
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IRL_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (IE1996A_MARST)

Data file: IRL1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Marital status</span>
<br />Questions 5-6 were asked of persons aged 15 years and over (i.e. those born on or before 28 April, 1981)</p>

<p>Q.5 Was the person ever married?</p>
<div class="i1">Please check the appropriate box<br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><p>Q.6 What is the marital status of persons who were ever married ("Yes" at Q.5)?</p>
<div class="i1">Indicate the present actual marital status irrespective of the legal status.<br />Please check the appropriate box.<br />[] 1 Widowed<br /><br />Remarried following:<br />[] 2 Widowhood<br />[] 3 Dissolution of previous marriage (annulment or divorce)<br />[] 4 Married<br /><br />Married but separated:<br />[] 5 Deserted<br />[] 6 Marriage annulled<br />[] 7 Legally separated<br />[] 8 Other separated<br />[] 9 Divorced</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Separated (including 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Ireland 1996: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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