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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Quarter of first marriage (US1980A_MARRQTR)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US80A427 US80A428 US80A430"><span class="em">21a. Has this person been married more than once? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Once</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">21b. Month and year of marriage?</span></div><br /><div class="i3">____ (Month) (Year)</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] More than once</div><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em">21b. Month and year of first marriage? </span></div><br /><div class="i3">[If the exact date of marriage is not known, give your best estimate.]<br /><br />____ (Month) (Year)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 January-February-March
2 April-May-June
3 July-August-September
4 October-November-December
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 quarter of the year (January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December) in which the respondent was first married.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons who are or were ever-married [discrepancies: type I: none, type II: trace]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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