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2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2009
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KEN_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Marital status (KE2009A_MARST)

Data file: KEN2009_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KE09A400 KE09A401 KE09A402 KE09A403 KE09A404 KE09A405 KE09A406 KE09A407 KE09A408 KE09A409 KE09A410 KE09A411 KE09A412 KE09A413 KE09A414"><span class="h3">A: Information regarding all persons</span><br />[Questions P-00 to P-23 were asked of all persons in conventional households or refugee camps].<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KE09A408"><span class="em">Marital status</span><br />P-17. What is [person's] marital status?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Married monogamous<br />[] 3 Married polygamous<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Divorced <br />[] 6 Separated<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married monogamous
3 Married polygamous
4 Widowed
5 Divorced
6 Separated
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
Kenya 2009: All persons

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