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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 union status - at birth of child in past year, at age 45, or at present (JM1982A_UNION)

Data file: JAM1982_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 252
End: 252
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM82A434 JM82A435 JM82A436 JM82A437 JM82A438 JM82A439 JM82A440 JM82A441"><span class="em">Section 7: Fertility</span><br />[Females age 14 and older not attending school full-time]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM82A440">37. Union status- at present or at age 45:<br /><div class="i1">[] Married<br />[] Common law<br />[] Visiting<br />[] No longer living with husband<br />[] No longer living with common law partner<br />[] Never had husband or common law partner<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married
2 Common law
3 Visiting [not living with child's father at time of birth]
4 No longer living with husband
5 No longer living with common law partner
6 Never had husband or common law partner
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 union status of the female when she gave birth (if birth was in the previous 12 months), when she reached age 45 (if older than 45), or at present (if younger than 45).
Universe
Jamaica 1982: Females age 14+ in private households and some group quarters who are not full-time non-university students [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 12.3%]

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