General Household Survey, 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2009

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NGA_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

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Marital status (NG2008A_MARST)

Data file: NGA2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 154

End: 154

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

5. Marital status</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Divorced<br />[] 3 Separated<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Never married</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Married, monogamous
2	Married, polygamous
3	Informal union
4	Divorced
5	Separated
6	Widowed
7	Never married
8	Unknown

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

Nigeria 2008: All persons

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Concept

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