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Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016
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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (IE2016A_MARST)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 179
End: 179
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. What is your current marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">Answer if aged 15 years or over<br />Mark one box only<br /><br />[] 1. Single (never married or never in a same-sex civil partnership) <br />[] 2. Married (first marriage) <br />[] 3. Re-married <br />[] 4. In a registered same-sex civil partnership <br />[] 5. Separated <br />[] 6. Divorced <br />[] 7. Widowed</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married (including same-sex civil partnership)
3 Separated (including divorced)
4 Widowed
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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