Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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Reference ID

MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Marital status (MW2008A_0449)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 249

End: 249

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions P28-P29 were asked of residents age 12 years or older]

P28. What is [the respondent's] marital status?

[] 1 Never married (go to P30)
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced / separated
[] 4 Widowed

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married
3	Divorced/Separated
4	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

Questions to be asked of usual residents age 12 years or older
[Questions P28-P29 were asked of usual residents age 12 years or older]

P28. Marital status
Record 2 if "Married" or not legally married but live together as husband and wife. Record 3 if "Divorced/separated": separated legally from his/her partner/living separately from his/her spouse without legal sanction. Record 4 if "Widowed": a person whose spouse passed away and not currently in marriage.

If "Never married" (code 1), skip to P30.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

Non-visitors age 12+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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