General Population Census IV and Housing III - IPUMS Subset
Uruguay, 1975
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Reference ID
URY_1975_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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- URY1975_PHC-H-H.dat
- URY1975_PHC-P-H.dat
Marital status (UY1975A_MARST)
Data file: URY1975_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
157
End:
157
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY75A405">5. What is your current civil or married state?<br /><div class="i1">Ask in the order indicated and when you receive an answer, mark the corresponding box.<br /><br />[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Free union<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Separated<br />[] 6 Widowed from free union<br />[] 7 Separated from free union<br />[] 8 Single<br />[] 9 Not known</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Married |
| 2 | Free union |
| 3 | Widowed |
| 4 | Divorced |
| 5 | Separated |
| 6 | Widowed from free union |
| 7 | Separated from free union |
| 8 | Single |
| 9 | Unknown |
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 v="UY75A401 UY75A402 UY75A403 UY75A404 UY75A405 UY75A406 UY75A407 UY75A408 UY75A409 UY75A410 UY75A411 UY75A412 UY75A413 UY75A414 UY75A415 UY75A416 UY75A417 UY75A418 UY75A419 UY75A420 UY75A421 UY75A422 UY75A423 UY75A424 UY75A425 UY75A426 UY75A427 UY75A428 UY75A429 UY75A430 UY75A431"><span class="em">G. Information of the people</span><br />169. Once the Section "F. Information of the home" is finished, you should ask the population questions to each one of the people who you are to enumerate.<br /><br />When possible, you should try to make each person provide you with their own information. Only in the case of a person who is absent at the time of your visit, or if it concerns children, will you receive their information from a third party.<br /><br />In each home, you will enumerate all people who slept in it the night before the "Day of the Census" or who, being absent this night for reasons of work, return to the home during the day. In such form, a doctor who did not sleep in his/her house because of being on guard in a hospital will be enumerated in their home. On the contrary, a traveler who spent many days away from their home will be enumerated in the place slept in during the night before the "Day of the Census."<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="UY75A401 UY75A402 UY75A403 UY75A404 UY75A405 UY75A406 UY75A407 UY75A408 UY75A409 UY75A410 UY75A411"><span class="em">I. General characteristics of all people</span><br />The questions included in this chapter are for knowing the distribution of the population by sex, age and civil state; their territorial distribution and movements made within the country in the last 5 years.<br /><br />You should ask the questions in this chapter to all people who are to be enumerated in the home.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY75A405">209. For question No. 5 <span class="em">"What is your current civil or married state?"</span>, you should read the list of possible responses, one by one, and in the order in which they are presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative response.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.61]</span><br /><br />When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.<br /><br />210. Register the civil or married state of the following people:<br /><div class="i1">1. Mr. Rodríguez lives with a woman with whom he is not married.<br /><br />2. The companion of Rodríguez did not finish divorce procedures from her previous marriage.<br /><br />3. Their son is single.<br /><br />4. Rodríguez's mother lives with them, since her husband died.<br /><br />5. A brother of Rodríguez lives in the same home since he separated from his companion, with whom he was not married.<br /><br />[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:<br />1. "Free union"<br />2. "Free union"<br />3. "Single"<br />4. "Widowed"<br />5. "Separated from free union"]</div><br /><br />Note that the companion of Mr. Rodríguez, although legally still married to her previous husband, on the "Day of the Census" is in free union with Mr. Rodriguez.<br /><br />211. How will you register the civil or married state of the following people?<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 62]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">1. A lady who is married but does not live with her husband.<br /><br />2. Mrs. Carmen Ramos de González who lives with her husband.<br /><br />3. A person who just finished divorce proceedings.<br /><br />4. A man who divorced his first wife, who lived next in free union and whose companion died last month.<br /><br />[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:<br />1. "Separated"<br />2. "Married"<br />3. "Divorced"<br />4. "Widowed of free union"]</div><br /><br />When a person has gone through many civil or married states, you should register the current one.<br /><br />Look at question no. 5 in the Census document and suppose that you are interviewing a person to whom you ask the question in the following order:<br /><div class="i1">What is your current civil or marital state? Married?<br /><br />You wait for an answer; if negative you ask the following:<br /><br />Free union?<br /><br />You wait for an answer and if negative you ask the following:<br /><br />Widowed?<br /><br />Suppose that at this moment the person answers yes, then you should mark the box "Widow" with an X and go to question no. 6.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="UY75A401 UY75A402 UY75A403 UY75A404 UY75A405 UY75A406 UY75A407 UY75A408 UY75A409 UY75A410 UY75A411"><span class="em">I. General characteristics of all people</span><br />The questions included in this chapter are for knowing the distribution of the population by sex, age and civil state; their territorial distribution and movements made within the country in the last 5 years.<br /><br />You should ask the questions in this chapter to all people who are to be enumerated in the home.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY75A405">209. For question No. 5 <span class="em">"What is your current civil or married state?"</span>, you should read the list of possible responses, one by one, and in the order in which they are presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative response.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p.61]</span><br /><br />When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.<br /><br />210. Register the civil or married state of the following people:<br /><div class="i1">1. Mr. Rodríguez lives with a woman with whom he is not married.<br /><br />2. The companion of Rodríguez did not finish divorce procedures from her previous marriage.<br /><br />3. Their son is single.<br /><br />4. Rodríguez's mother lives with them, since her husband died.<br /><br />5. A brother of Rodríguez lives in the same home since he separated from his companion, with whom he was not married.<br /><br />[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:<br />1. "Free union"<br />2. "Free union"<br />3. "Single"<br />4. "Widowed"<br />5. "Separated from free union"]</div><br /><br />Note that the companion of Mr. Rodríguez, although legally still married to her previous husband, on the "Day of the Census" is in free union with Mr. Rodriguez.<br /><br />211. How will you register the civil or married state of the following people?<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 62]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">1. A lady who is married but does not live with her husband.<br /><br />2. Mrs. Carmen Ramos de González who lives with her husband.<br /><br />3. A person who just finished divorce proceedings.<br /><br />4. A man who divorced his first wife, who lived next in free union and whose companion died last month.<br /><br />[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:<br />1. "Separated"<br />2. "Married"<br />3. "Divorced"<br />4. "Widowed of free union"]</div><br /><br />When a person has gone through many civil or married states, you should register the current one.<br /><br />Look at question no. 5 in the Census document and suppose that you are interviewing a person to whom you ask the question in the following order:<br /><div class="i1">What is your current civil or marital state? Married?<br /><br />You wait for an answer; if negative you ask the following:<br /><br />Free union?<br /><br />You wait for an answer and if negative you ask the following:<br /><br />Widowed?<br /><br />Suppose that at this moment the person answers yes, then you should mark the box "Widow" with an X and go to question no. 6.</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Uruguay 1975: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Demographic Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |