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2009 Population Census of the Republic of Belarus - IPUMS Subset

Belarus, 2009
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BLR_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic of Belarus, IPUMS
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Marital status (BY2009A_MARST)

Data file: BLR2009_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 184
End: 184
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Form 2H: Personal Questionnaire</span></p>

<p>4. Your marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">For individuals 15 years old and senior.<br />[Question 4 was asked of persons age 15+.]<br />[] 1 Was never married<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 In common law marriage<br />[] 4 Widow, widower<br />[] 5 Officially divorced<br />[] 6 Split<br />Number of (cohabiter) spouse (from column 1 of the list of household members in Form 1-premise) _ _ _<br />[This question was asked of persons who were married or were in common law marriage.]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 In common law marriage
4 Widowed or widower
5 Divorced
6 Separated
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's marital status.
Universe
Belarus 2009: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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