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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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Marriage ended by death (US1980A_WIDOW)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 397
End: 397
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A500"><div class="i2"><span class="em">21c. Did the first marriage end because of the death of the husband (or wife)? </span></div><br /><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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 whether the respondent's first marriage was ended by the death of the spouse.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons age 15+, married more than once [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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