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Population Census 1982, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982
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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, IPUMS
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Marital status (JM1982A_MARST)

Data file: JAM1982_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 191
End: 191
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM82A401 JM82A402 JM82A403 JM82A404 JM82A405 JM82A406 JM82A407 JM82A408 JM82A409 JM82A410"><span class="em">Section 2: Characteristics</span><br />[All persons]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM82A404">10. Marital status:<br /><div class="i1">[] Never married<br />[] Married<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Divorced<br />[] Legally separated<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
5 Legally separated
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the individual.
Universe
Jamaica 1982: Persons in private households and some group quarters [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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