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Portugal, 2001
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PRT_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Marital status (PT2001A_MARST)

Data file: PRT2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 232
End: 232
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT01A409 PT01A410 PT01A419 PT01A420 PT01A421 PT01A417 PT01A418 PT01A411 PT01A422 PT01A423 PT01A424 PT01A425 PT01A426 PT01A427 PT01A413 PT01A414 PT01A415 PT01A416 PT01A428 PT01A429 PT01A430 PT01A434">[Questions 3.1-21 were asked of persons who consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to question 3]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT01A410">5. Marital Status:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Single<br />[] 2 Married: with register<br />[] 3 Married: without register<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Separated<br />[] 6 Divorced</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PT01A410"><span class="em">Question 5 - Marital status</span><br /><div class="i1">The actual situation should always be indicated, independently of whether it coincides with the legal situation.<br /><br />For example: If you are divorced but at the census moment you are living with another person without legal marriage, you should tick "Married without register".</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married with register
3 Married without register
4 Widowed
5 Separated
6 Divorced
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
<svar a="all" v="PT01A410"><div class="i1"><span class="em">Question 5 - Marital status</span></div><br /><div class="i2">We must collect the real situation the individual is in ("de facto" situation), even if is not the same as the legal situation.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.83]</span><br /><br /><div class="i2">Options available in this question:</div><br /><div class="i3"><span class="em">Single</span><br /><span class="em">Married</span> : with register<br /><span class="em">Married: without register</span> - Status where a person, independently of their legal status, is living with a person of the opposite sex in a situation similar to the marriage but without the legal arrangements.<br /><span class="em">Widowed</span><br /><span class="em">Separated</span> - Every person that after marrying or living together with other person had left the spouse even if the separation has no legal recognition.<br /><span class="em">Divorced </span>- Every person that had a legal dissolution of a marriage.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's marital status.
Universe
Portugal 2001: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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