Fifth Census of Canada 1911 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2011

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CAN_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

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Marital status (CA1911A_MARST)

Data file: CAN1911_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 354

End: 354

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

7. Single, married, widowed, divorced or legally separated

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married
3	Widowed
4	Divorced
5	Legally separated
7	Separated, n.s
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

85. <span class="em">Conjugal condition</span>. The description in column 7 will be given by the use of the initial letters, 'S' for single person, 'M' for married, 'W' for widowed (man or woman), 'D' for divorced and 'L.S.' for legally separated. Persons separated only as to bed and board will be described as married.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's marital status.

Universe

Canada 1911: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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