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1961 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1961
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GBR_1961_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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Marital status (UK1961A_MARST)

Data file: GBR1961_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 67
End: 67
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E. <span class="em">Persons 16 years or over.</span><div class="i1">Write "single", "married", "widowed", or "divorced" (See note 4). ____</div><p>G. <span class="em">All married women.</span><div class="i1">Write at (i) the date of her present marriage.</div><div class="i2">(i) ____</div><div class="i1">Has she been married more than once? Write "yes" or "no" at (ii).</div><div class="i2">If "yes" fill in column H<br />(ii) ____</div><p>H. <span class="em">Widowed or divorced women or women married more than once.</span><div class="i1">Write at (i) the date of first or only marriage.</div><div class="i2">It is only answered if part (ii) or question G was "yes".<br />(i) ____</div><div class="i1">Write at (ii) the date when that marriage ended (See note 6).<br /><div class="i2">(ii) ____</div></div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
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
United Kingdom 1961: All persons

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