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Census of England and Wales, 1861 - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom [England and Wales], 1871
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GBR_1861_PHC-EAW_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status of household head (UK1861A_H_MAR)

Data file: GBR1861_PHC-EAW-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 802
End: 802
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">2. Relation to head of family</span>
<br />State whether wife, son, daughter, or other relative, visitor, boarder, etc., or servant
<br />____ Relation to head of family</p>

<p><span class="em">Condition</span>
<br />Write "married," "widower," "widow," or "unmarried" against the names of all persons except young children
<br />____ Condition
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Married, spouse absent
4 Widowed
5 Divorced
9 Not recorded or 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
Marital status of household head.
Universe
United Kingdom 1861 (100%) [England and Wales]: All persons

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