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Population and Housing Census 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987
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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (MW1987A_0416)

Data file: MWI1987-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 181
End: 181
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Persons aged 10 years or more
[Questions L through O were asked of persons age 10 or older]




l. Marital status

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Widowed
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Never married
Categories
Value Category
1 Married
2 Widowed
3 Divorced/separated
4 Never married
8 Unknown
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
Marital status
55. Ask each person aged 10 years or more whether he or she has ever been married. If "Yes" find out if he or she is currently married, divorced or widowed. If "No", you will record the marital status of the person as never married. Alternatively you may ask a question "Are you married?" In this case it is necessary to ensure that the answer given by respondents to your questions on this topic is precise. For instance when a person says "I am not married", "sindili pa banja ", or "sindinakwatiwe", you may not be able to know whether she is a divorcee or has never married at all unless you probe further.




Persons age 10 years or older

Questions from (l) through (q) should only be asked to persons who are age 10 years or older.




(1) Marital status: Ask each person aged 10 years or more her current marital status. Enter the appropriate code for the response in column 35. The codes are as follows:

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Widowed
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Never married

Description

Definition
This variable records the individual's marital status.
Universe
Persons age 10+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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