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4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012
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RWA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (RW2012A_MARST)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 258
End: 258
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section P: Characteristics of population </span></p>

<p>[Questions 29-32 were asked of residents aged 12 years or older.]</p>

<p>29. What is the respondent's marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">If never married and female, go to Question 33.<br />If widowed or divorced, go to Question 32.<br />If never married and male, end survey.<br /><br />[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Divorced</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Separated
4 Widowed
5 Divorced
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 person's marital status.
Universe
Rwanda 2012: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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