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National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2001 - 2002
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ARG_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Jan 05, 2026
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Marital status (AR2001A_MARST)

Data file: ARG2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 181
End: 181
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="AR01A414 AR01A415 AR01A416 AR01A424 AR01A428 AR01A429 AR01A430 AR01A431 AR01A432 AR01A425 AR01A426 AR01A417"> [Questions 20-36 were asked of persons age 14+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A414">20. What is your legal civil state?<br /><div class="i1">[] Single<br />[] Married<br />[] Divorced<br />[] Legally separated<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Divorced
4 Legally separated
5 Widowed
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.
Interviewer instructions
Starting here, men and women who are 14 years old and more should answer the questions.</p>

<p>Follow the order of the questions strictly.</p>

<p>Pay attention to the sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps to continue asking the questions.</p>

<p>The questions 20 to 23 refer to the marital status of the persons 14 years old or more.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A414"><span class="em">Question 20: What is your marital status?</span><br /><div class="i1">The "legal civil status" refers to the situation of every person who is 14 years old or more at the reference date for the Census in relationship to the laws regarding marriage that exist in the country.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Argentina 2001: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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