Household Consumption Survey of Rural Nepal 2000-2001

Nepal, 2000 - 2001

Reference ID

NPL_2000_HCSRN_v01_M

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Central Bureau of Statistics

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Jul 10, 2013

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05 Marital status (marstatus)

Data file: roster

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 18

End: 18

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Only to 10 years and above

Literal question

What is the marital status of [Name]?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Unmarried
2	Married
3	Widow/widower
4	Separated
5	Divorced

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

There are various categories to separate out the
marital status of household members.
Unmarried: A person who is never married.
Married: a person, who was married legally, or religious obligations and live together as a
husband and wife.
Widow/Widower: A person whose spouse were died and still not remarried.
Separated: Those spouses, who are not divorced legally or religiously but they are living separately. A
separated person can remarry or reunite and live together with the (former) spouse. In this case, the
person (who is now remarried or reunited) does not belong to this category.
Divorced: A person who divorced legally or religiously of his/her spouse. S/he should not be remarried.

In asking about marital status, it should be noted that the question only applies to those aged 10 years or over. For those under 10, the question will be left blank. There are various categories to separate out the marital status of household members.

Description

Universe

All persons 10 years of age and above

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