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XI General Population and Housing Census, 1990 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1990
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MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Marital status (MX1990A_MARST)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 230
End: 230
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX90A423 MX90A424 MX90A425 MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A436">Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A425">12. Civil Status<br /><br />What is the current civil status of this person? Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Consensual union<br />[ ] 2 Married with civil and religious ceremonies<br />[ ] 3 Married only with civil marriage<br />[ ] 4 Married only with religious ceremony<br />[ ] 5 Separated<br />[ ] 6 Divorced<br />[ ] 7 Widowed<br />[ ] 8 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Consensual union
2 Married, both civil and religious ceremonies
3 Married, civil ceremony only
4 Married, religious ceremony only
5 Separated
6 Divorced
7 Widowed
8 Single
9 Not specified
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
<svar v="MX90A423 MX90A424 MX90A425 MX90A426 MX90A427 MX90A428 MX90A429 MX90A430 MX90A431 MX90A432 MX90A433 MX90A434 MX90A435 MX90A436"><span class="h3">Questions for persons who are twelve years old or more.</span><br /><br />Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A425"><span class="h2">12. Civil status</span><br /><br />You should always ask this question, even if you consider the person to be very young. What is important is to know the civil status of the person being interviewed at the census moment, according to the conjugal or marriage laws or customs of the country.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[Illustration]<br />-I was married, but I got divorced and now I live with Sara, even though we are not married.<br />Free union [x] 1<br />[End of illustration]</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates marital status.
Universe
Mexico 1990: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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