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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_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 (PY1982A_MARST)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 270
End: 270
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PY82A429">11. 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
<svar a="all" v="PY82A429"><span class="em">Question 11. What is your current marital status?</span><br /><br />Do not forget that this question is only for persons age 12 and above. <br /><br />Read each of the options and then make an X in the corresponding box. <br /><br />[A depiction of question 11 to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]<br /><br />Remember that: <br /><br />Married: A person who has entered into a civil and/or religious marriage bond, and currently lives in that bond.<br />United: A person who lives with their spouse without having entered a civil and/or religious marriage bond.<br />Widow: A person who, after the death of their spouse, has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.<br />Separated or divorced: A person who is legally separated from their spouse and who has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.<br />Single: A person who has never been married, nor lives in a de facto or free union. [Free union refers to category "united"].<br /><br />[A drawing representing marital status is omitted here.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the person's marital status.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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