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Community Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2007
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ZAF_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Marital status (ZA2007A_MARST)

Data file: ZAF2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 229
End: 229
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="ZA07A410">P-08 Marital status<br />What is (the person)'s present marital status?<br /><div class="i1">Write only one code per person.<br />If both civil/religious and traditional indicate civil/religious.<br />[] 1 Married civil/religious<br />[] 2 Married traditional/customary<br />[] 3 Polygamous marriage<br />[] 4 Living together as married partners<br />[] 5 Never married<br />[] 6 Widower/widow<br />[] 7 Separated<br />[] 8 Divorced<br />If 5 to 8, Go to P-10<br />_</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
South Africa 2007: Persons not residing in institutions [discrepancies: none]

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