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National Population and Housing Census 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 1988
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HND_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Marital status (HN1988A_MARST)

Data file: HND1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 253
End: 253
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">B. Educational characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="HN88A424"><span class="em">18. What is your current marital status?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Consensual union<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Widowed<br />[] 6 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Married
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Single
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
<span class="em">18. What is your current marital status?</span>
<br />Each of the following alternatives is read and an "X" is marked in the corresponding circle.</p>

<p>Be aware that:</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">Consensual Union</span>: Is the person who lives with his/her spouse without having been married, either civilly or religiously.</div><span class="pg">[p. 48]</span><div class="i1"><span class="ital">Married</span>: Is the person who has been married, either civilly or religiously, and who lives with his or her spouse.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Separated</span>: Is the married person who does not live with his or her spouse and who does not live in a consensual union with another person.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Divorced</span>: Is the person whose marriage has been terminated by a judicial sentence and who has not remarried or live in a consensual union.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Widowed</span>: Is the person who, after the death of a spouse, has not remarried and does not live in a consensual union.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Single</span>: Is the person who has never been married and who does not live in a consensual union.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Honduras 1988: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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