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V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda, 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1990
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ECU_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Marital status (EC1990A_MARST)

Data file: ECU1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="EC90A409"><span class="em">For all individuals 12 years of age and older</span><br />[Applies to question 23.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EC90A409">23. Are you currently: In a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed or separated? Mark only one box.<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Consensual union<br />[] 2 Single<br />[] 3 Married<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Widowed<br />[] 6 Separated<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Consensual union
2 Single
3 Married
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Separated
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
<svar a="all" v="EC90A409"><span class="em">Question 23. Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated?</span><br /><br />This question is the last question on the form and is for all persons 14 years old or more.<br /><br />Always ask the question, under no condition should you suppose the civil or marital status of the persons being enumerated. Remember that you are finding out the current civil or marital status. For example: if a person was married and currently is in a consensual union, mark an X in box 1, consensual union.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated?<br />Mark only one box.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[ ] 1 In a consensual union<br />[ ] 2 Single<br />[ ] 3 Married<br />[ ] 4 Divorced<br />[ ] 5 Widowed<br />[ ] 6 Separated<br />[ ] 9 Don't know</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the individual.
Universe
Ecuador 1990: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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