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National Population and Housing Census, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1991
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ARG_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Marital status (AR1991A_MARST)

Data file: ARG1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 174
End: 174
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="AR91A419 AR91A420 AR91A421 AR91A422 AR91A423 AR91A424 AR91A426 AR91A427">For all women and men fourteen years of age or older.<br />[Questions 17-25 were asked of persons age 14 years +.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="AR91A419 AR91A421 AR91A422 AR91A423 AR91A424 AR91A426">[Questions 21-24 were asked of persons age 14+ who had a job last week (did formal or informal work or did not work due to sickness, vacation, etc.), per questions 17-19.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR91A427">25. [Marital status]<br /><div class="i1">Currently, you are:<br /><br />[] In a consensual union<br />[] Married in a legal union<br />[] Separated from a union or marriage<br />[] Divorced from a marriage<br />[] Widowed from a consensual union or marriage<br />[] Single, never formed a union or married<br />[] Unanswered</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 United
2 Married
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Argentina 1991: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

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