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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Marital Status (DO1981A_MARST)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 297
End: 297
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For individuals 12 years of age and older</span>[Applies to question 65.]</p>

<p>65. Are you currently in a consensual union, married, separated, divorced, widowed, or single?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Consensual union<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Widowed<br />[] 6 Single</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Married
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Single
9 NIU (not in universe)
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">For all persons 12 years of age and older</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 65:</span> Are you currently in a consensual union, married, separated, divorced, widowed, or unmarried?</p>

<p>The options are read and the corresponding circle is filled in.</p>

<p>This information refers to the [conjugal] situation of the person at the moment of the census and not to their legal marital status.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person’s marital status.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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