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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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Marital status (US1980A_MARST)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 249
End: 249
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A426"><span class="em">6. Marital status </span><br /><div class="i1">Fill one circle.<br /><br />[] Now married<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Separated<br />[] Never married<br />[] Divorced</div><br /><br />[If the person's only marriage was annulled, mark <span class="em">never married</span>.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married, spouse present
2 Married, spouse absent
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Never married/single
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 respondent's current marital status.
Universe
United States 1980: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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