Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997

Reference ID

IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center

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Number of marriages (IQ1997A_0409)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 209

End: 209

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

To be filled by people age 12 and older
[Applies to questions 38-45]

For married, divorced or widowed persons (both sexes)
[Applies to questions 39-40]

40. Number of marriages____

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6+
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

40. Number of marriages:
This field is filled for all persons (male or female) those indicated to their names in the squares (2, 3 or 4) from the field (38) and recorded in this field the number of marriages (in number). If the person married to a woman and this marriage ended by divorce then the person got married to a second woman and she was with him till the census day recorded in this field number (2) and if the person has two wives under his protection legally recorded in this field number (2) too but if the person married one time and this wife is under his protection legally or divorced or dead indicated in this field number (1) and so on.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of times the person has been married.

Universe

Persons age 12+ who ever married

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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