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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Marital status (US1990A_MARST)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 264
End: 264
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A426"><span class="em">6. Marital status</span><br /><div class="i1">Fill one circle for each person.<br /><br />[] Now married<br />[] Separated<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Never married<br />[] Divorced</div><br /><br />[If the person's only marriage was annulled, mark never married.]<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 marital status of the individual.
Universe
United States 1990: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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