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XII General Population and Housing Census, 2000 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2000
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MEX_2000_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 (MX2000A_MARST)

Data file: MEX2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 324
End: 324
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX00A437 MX00A438 MX00A439 MX00A440 MX00A441 MX00A442 MX00A443 MX00A444 MX00A445 MX00A446 MX00A447 MX00A448 MX00A449 MX00A450 MX00A451 MX00A452 MX00A453 MX00A454 MX00A455 MX00A456 MX00A457 MX00A458 MX00A459 MX00A460 MX00A472 MX00A473 MX00A474">For persons twelve years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX00A437">21. Marital Status<br /><br />Currently this person is:<br />Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.<br /><br /><div class="i1">1 Consensual union<br />2 Separated<br />3 Divorced<br />4 Widowed<br />Married</div><br /><div class="i2">5 Only with civil marriage<br />6 Only with religious ceremony<br />7 With civil and religious ceremonies</div><br /><div class="i1">8 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Lives with partner in a consensual union
2 Is separated
3 Is divorced
4 Is a widow(er)
5 Married, civil ceremony only
6 Married, religious ceremony only
7 Married, both civil and religious ceremony
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
<span class="em">The following questions should be asked of all people 12 years old or above.</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX00A437"><span class="em">21. Marital Status</span><br /><br />This question is meant to find out if the person currently lives in a consensual union, is separated, married, single, or in some other situation, in accordance with the conjugal or marital laws or customs of the country. You should ask the question even if you think that the person is very young.<br /><br />[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form, and a related drawing]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates marital status.
Universe
Mexico 2000: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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