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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 2002; Censo Nacional Indígena de Población y Viviendas, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 2002
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PRY_2002_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 (PY2002A_MARST)

Data file: PRY2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 278
End: 278
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter G. </span></p>

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

<p>18. What is your current marital or civil status?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Consensual union<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Separated<br />[] 5 Divorced<br />[] 6 Single</div>
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
<span class="h3">G. Population information<br />For persons 10 years of age and older</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 18: What is your current civil or marriage status?</span></p>

<p>Single: this is a person who has never been married by a religious or civil ceremony, and is not joined [in a consensual union] with another person.</p>

<p>The civil status of the head of household, male or female, and his/her spouse, must necessarily be the same.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Paraguay 2002: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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