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Population Census 2001, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 2001
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JAM_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Marital status (JM2001A_MARST)

Data file: JAM2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 231
End: 231
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM01A410 JM01A411 JM01A412">[Questions 1.6-1.8 for persons 16 years old and older only]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM01A410"><span class="em">1.6 What is your/ [the respondent's] legal marital status? For example, are you/is [the respondent] married, divorced, widowed or never married?<br /></span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Divorced (go to question 1.8)<br />[] 3 Widowed (go to question 1.8)<br />[] 4 Legally separated (go to question 1.8)<br />[] 5 Never married (go to question 1.8)<br />[] 9 Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married
2 Divorced
3 Widowed
4 Legally separated
5 Never married
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 respondent.
Universe
Jamaica 2001: Persons 16+ [discrepancies: none]

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