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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1986 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1986
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EGY_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Number of wives (EG1986A_WIVES)

Data file: EGY1986_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B: Individual data</span></p>

<p><span class="em">13. Marital status</span>
<br /> [Question 13 was asked of males 18 years and over and females 16 and over.]</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Underage<br />[] 2 Never married<br />[] 3 Married<br />[] 4 Engaged<br />[] 5 Divorce<br />[] 6 Widowed</div><span class="em">14. Number or current wives</span> ____
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
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 number of wives the person has.
Universe
Egypt 1986: Married males age 18+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.3%]

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