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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1972
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PRY_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Marital status (PY1972A_MARST)

Data file: PRY1972_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">IV. Population information</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A409">7. What is your current marital status?<br /><div class="i1">Only for those 12 years of age and older:<br /><br />[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Consensual union<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Separated or divorced<br />[] 5 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married
2 Consensual union
3 Widowed
4 Separated or divorced
5 Single
8 Unknown
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="h3">IV. Information about the Population</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY72A409">7. Marital status<br />This question should be asked only of persons who are 12 years old and more, and in the order indicated on the form, until you obtain an affirmative answer.<br /><br />Ask first: are you "married or in a union" and mark the corresponding box.<br />* Married: when the person has entered in a civil or religious marriage and currently lives in this status. We are not interested if one of the spouses if temporarily absent for reasons of work, study, or others, as long as it is not because of definitive separation.<br /><br />* Union: when the person lives in a free or de facto union without being married by civil or religious manner. Be aware that many of those who live in this condition try to hide it, the men declare that they are simply single and women married. Try to obtain the true information.<br /><br />* Widow: when the person who had contracted civil or religious marriage, has lost the spouse and has not remarried nor lived in a consensual union.<br /><br />* Single: when the person has not married nor currently lives in a consensual union.<br /></svar></p>

<p>7. What is your marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">Only for persons twelve years old and more.<br /><br />[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Union<br />[] 3 Widow<br />[] 4 Separated or divorced<br />[] 5 Single</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Paraguay 1972: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 0.2%; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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