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Third General Census of the Population and Inhabitants - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 2014
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GIN_2014_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (GN2014A_MARST)

Data file: GIN2014_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 249
End: 250
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">III. Individual characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Residents of 12 years or more </span>
<br />[Questions P26 and P27 were asked of resident persons 12 years or more.]</p>

<p>P27. Marital status</p>
<div class="i1">What is the marital status of [the respondent]?<br /><br />Enter the appropriate code.<br /><br />[] 0 Single<br />[] 1 Man in monogamous marriage or woman married to a monogamous man<br />[] 2 Man married to 2 women or woman married to man having 2 wives<br />[] 3 Man married to 3 women or woman married to man having 3 wives<br />[] 4 Man married to 4 women or woman married to man having 4 wives<br />[] 5 Man married to 5 women or woman married to man having 5 wives<br />[] 6 Widow / widower<br />[] 7 Divorced or separated<br />[] 8 Living together or concubinage</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Single
01 Monogamous
02 Polygamous, 2 spouses
03 Polygamous, 3 spouses
04 Polygamous, 4 spouses
05 Polygamous, 5 spouses
06 Widowed
07 Divorced or separated
08 Free union or cohabitation
98 Unknown
99 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Guinea 2014: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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