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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas,1992 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1992
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PRY_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys, and Censuses (DGEEC), IPUMS
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Marital status (PY1992A_MARST)

Data file: PRY1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 236
End: 236
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

<p>For individuals 10 years of age and older.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY92A426">13. What is your current marital status?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Consensual union<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Separated<br />[] 5 Divorced<br />[] 6 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married
2 Consensual union
3 Widowed
4 Separated
5 Divorced
6 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="PY92A426">Question 13: What is your marital status?<br /><br />There are six options: married, in a consensual union, widowed, divorced, and single.<br />Mark only one answer.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[page] 29</span><br /><br />If the person is single, but has his/her companion, for both of them, write "union".<br /><br />If the person declared to be married but is in a consensual union with another person, you should also mark "union".<br /></svar></p>

<p>13. What is your marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Consensual union<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Separated<br />[] 5 Divorced<br />[x] 6 Single</div>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the person’s marital status.
Universe
Paraguay 1992: Persons 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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