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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011
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CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Currently, formerly, never married (H_HHCURRMARR)

Data file: CMR2011-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 225
End: 226
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
8) MARITAL STATUS: What is the marital status of (NAME)?

MARRIED OR LIVING TOGETHER 1
DIVORCED/SEPARATED 2
WIDOWER/WIDOW 3
HAS NEVER LIVED WITH SOMEONE 4
Categories
Value Category
00 Never married
10 Ever married
11 Currently married
12 Formerly married
98 Missing
99 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.

Description

Definition
HHCURRMARR (HV116) reports the household member's marital/union status as "Never married," "Currently married," or "Formerly married."

"Never married" includes household members who have never lived with a partner. "Currently married" includes household members who are married and those who are not formally married but are living with a partner. "Formerly married" includes household members who are widowed, divorced, separated, or who have formerly lived with a partner.

In samples where the only question asked relates to whether the household member has ever been married (not cohabiting), the responses are coded "10" for "Ever-married" and "0" for "Never married."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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