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V National Population and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1970
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DOM_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Legal marital status (DO1970A_MARST)

Data file: DOM1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 104
End: 104
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">All persons </span>[Applies to questions 1-5]</p>

<p>5. Legal marital status. What is the legal civil marital status of the enumerated person?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Single (never married)<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Legally separated <br />[] 6 Annulled</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single, never married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
5 Legally separated
6 Annulled
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.

Description

Definition
This variable describes the person's legal marital status at the time of enumeration.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1970: All persons [discrepancies: none]

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