Fifth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 2000

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CHN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Census Office, IPUMS

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Marital status (CN2000A_MARST)

Data file: CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 225

End: 225

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

23. Marital status
<div class="i1">[] 1 Single [] 2 First marriage [] 3 Remarried [] 4 Divorced [] 5 Widow</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	First marriage
3	Remarried
4	Divorced
5	Widowed
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

Part One. Personal Records

R17 through R24 apply to persons who are 15 years or older. 

R23. Marital status
 This question asks a person's "actual" marital status rather than legal marital status at the time of census. Those who are below the legal marital age but in marital relations should answer according to their real status. 
<div class="i1">1. Single. Those who are in domestic partnership, if they reject to report themselves as married, choose single. 2. First-time married with spouse. 3. Re-married with spouse. It also covers those who married for more than twice. 4. Divorced, meaning those who already divorced or in the process of filing divorce. 5. Widowed, meaning those who lost their spouse but not yet re-married.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

China 2000: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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