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Population Housing and Establishment Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1996
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EGY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (EG1996A_0419)

Data file: EGY1996-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
13. Marital status

[] 1 Underage
[] 2 Never married
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Engaged
[] 5 Divorce
[] 6 Widowed
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
2 Never married
3 Engaged or contractually married
4 Married
5 Divorced
6 Widowed
9 Unknown
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
The marital status
For male person who is less than (18) years and female less than (16) years and they are not previously married, fill in ink the circle in front of No.(I)

For male who is (18) years and over female (16) years and over fill in ink the circle:

In front of No.(2) for the persons who are never married or in front of No.(3) for the married person or in front of No.(4) for those who are contractually married but, they are not living as husband and wife or in front of No.(5) for divorced persons male and female or in front of No.(6) for widowed persons male and female

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Males age 18+ and females age 16+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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