2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008

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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS

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Marital status (LR2008A_MARST)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 200

End: 200

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">P06. Marital Status</span><div class="i1">What is [the respondent's] marital status?</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married monogamous
3	Married polygamous
4	Separated
5	Divorced
6	Widowed
7	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

Liberia 2008: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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