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Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Dec 20, 2012
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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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