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Community Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2007
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ZAF_2007_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center
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Dec 23, 2014
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Marital status (ZA2007A_0410)

Data file: ZAF2007-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 206
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P-08 Marital status
What is (the person)'s present marital status?

Write only one code per person.
If both civil/religious and traditional indicate civil/religious.
[] 1 Married civil/religious
[] 2 Married traditional/customary
[] 3 Polygamous marriage
[] 4 Living together as married partners
[] 5 Never married
[] 6 Widower/widow
[] 7 Separated
[] 8 Divorced
If 5 to 8, Go to P-10
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Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Married civil/religious
2 Married traditional/customary
3 Polygamous marriage
4 Living together as married partners
5 Never married
6 Widower/widow
7 Separated
8 Divorced
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
(P-08) Marital status: What is (the person's) present marital status?
Read out the options to the respondent.

Mark only the present marital status. We do not need a person's marital history.

Any couple living together as married persons without a civil/religious or traditional/ customary marriage should be coded as 'living together (like married partners)' (code 4).

Mark code 5 (never married) for unmarried children in the household, and not code 4 (living together).

For a man with more than one wife, indicate "polygamous" rather than civil or customary marriage. For the wives, indicate category 1 or 2 (married civil/religious or traditional/customary).

If a person is not in a marital union or living together as married partners (i.e., codes 5 to 8), Go to P-10

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Persons not residing in institutions

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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