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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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NGA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (NG2010A_MARST)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 178
End: 178
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
8. What is [name]'s marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Married (monogamous)<br />[ ] 2 married (polygamous)<br />[ ] 3 Informal union<br />[ ] 4 divorced (go to q12) <br />[ ] 5 separated (go to q12)<br />[ ] 6 Widowed (go to q12)<br />[ ] 7 Never married (go to q12)<br /><br />[If response is 4-7, go to question 12]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married (monogamous)
2 Married (polygamous)
3 Informal union
4 Divorced
5 Separated
6 Widowed
7 Never married
9 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 marital status.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: All persons

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