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2000 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2000
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MUS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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Married more than once (MU2000A_MARRNUM)

Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 243
End: 243
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">[Population census form]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For persons not single in column 12:</span>
<br />[Columns 13 to 15]</p>

<p>14. Whether married more than once</p>
<div class="i1">Has the person married more than once? Insert 'yes' or 'no'.<br /><br />[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form</span></p>

<p>[Columns 13 to 15 are for persons reported as not single in column 12]</p>

<p><span class="em">Column 14 - Whether married more than once</span>
<br />For every person, male or female, who is not single in column 12, and who has been married more than once, write 'Yes'. For those married only once, write 'No'.
<br />A person married religiously on one date and civilly on another is considered to have been married once only provided it is to the same partner.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has married more than once.
Universe
Mauritius 2000: Ever married persons [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.7%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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