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Intercensus Population Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Indonesia, 1995
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IDN_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (ID1995A_MARST)

Data file: IDN1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 260
End: 260
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A421 ID95A422 ID95A423 ID95A424 ID95A425 ID95A426 ID95A427 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h2">V. Characteristics of individual household members</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID95A412">506. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Single<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Divorced<br />[] 4 Widowed</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Divorced
4 Widowed
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
<svar a="ID95A408" v="ID95A408 ID95A412"><span class="em">Question 309: Marital status of women age 10-54</span><br />This question is only asked to women age 10 or older. Question: "Has [the respondent] ever been married?" If the answer is "Yes", circle Code 1 and if "No", circle Code 2.<br /><br /><span class="em">Ever been married</span> is the marital status divorced or widowed.<br /><br /><span class="em">Married</span> is the status of those bonded in a marriage during enumeration, either living together or separated. In this matter, not only those who are legally wed (custom, religion, state, etc.) are counted but also those who are living together and [are] considered by the community to be husband and wife.<br /><br /><span class="em">Divorced</span> is the separation between husband and wife due to divorce, but without having remarried. Included in this category are those who admit to being divorced although legally [they] are not. On the contrary, those who have lived separately for some time are not considered to be divorced. Example: husband/wife left the spouse to [travel to] another place due to study, work, seeking work, or the husband and wife are in a fight.<br /><br /><span class="em">Widowed</span> is the status of a husband or wife having died, and [the surviving spouse has] not remarried.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ID95A401 ID95A403 ID95A408 ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420 ID95A426 ID95A428 ID95A429 ID95A430 ID95A431 ID95A432 ID95A433 ID95A434 ID95A435 ID95A436 ID95A437 ID95A438"><span class="h3">6.5 Block V. General characteristics of household members</span><br />This block is used to record personal characteristics such as sex, age, mobility of living, attained education, school participation and the daily language used by each household members, starting from the first serial number of the household member until the last one.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="ID95A409 ID95A410 ID95A411 ID95A412 ID95A413 ID95A414 ID95A415 ID95A416 ID95A417 ID95A418 ID95A419 ID95A420"><span class="h3">Block V is asked to all household members</span><br />In order to fill in this block, the enumerator should try to directly interview the respondent.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ID95A412"><span class="em">Question 506: Marital status</span><br />The concept and definition on marital status is elaborated in P309. Circle one of the appropriate codes based on the marital status of the respondent.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Indonesia 1995: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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