Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981

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Reference ID

BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Marital status (BW1981A_MARST)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 157

End: 157

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">6. Marital status</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Widowed</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married
3	Separated
4	Divorced
5	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

Botswana 1981: All persons

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