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Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2006
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BFA_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, IPUMS
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Marital status (BF2006A_MARST)

Data file: BFA2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 240
End: 240
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BF06A429">P25. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">For residents 12 years of age or older<br /><br />Does [the person] live with one (or more) women (or a man)? <br /><br />Circle the corresponding code.<br /><br />[] 0 Single <br />[] 1 Married and monogamous<br />[] 2 Married to two women<br />[] 3 Married to three women<br />[] 4 Married to four or more women<br />[] 5 Widowed (man or woman)<br />[] 6 Divorced or separated (man or woman)<br />[] 7 Civil union</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
Single
1 Married and monogamous
2 Married and polygamous (2 wives)
3 Married and polygamous (3 wives)
4 Married and polygamous (4 or more wives)
5 Widow(er)
6 Divorced or separated
7 Civil Union
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 person's marital status.
Universe
Burkina Faso 2006: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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