Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset
India, 1992 - 1993
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- Data files
- IND1992-B.dat
- IND1992-C.dat
- IND1992-H.dat
- IND1992-W.dat
Woman's current marital or union status (B_MARSTAT)
Data file: IND1992-B.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
271
End:
272
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
107. What is your current marital status?
CURRENTLY MARRIED 1
SEPARATED 2 (GO TO 111)
WIDOWED 3 (GO TO 111)
DIVORCED 4 (GO TO 111)
NEVER MARRIED 5 (GO TO END)
CURRENTLY MARRIED 1
SEPARATED 2 (GO TO 111)
WIDOWED 3 (GO TO 111)
DIVORCED 4 (GO TO 111)
NEVER MARRIED 5 (GO TO END)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Never married |
| 20 | Married or living together |
| 21 | Married |
| 22 | Living together |
| 30 | Formerly in union |
| 31 | Widowed |
| 32 | Divorced |
| 33 | Separated/not living together |
| 98 | Missing |
| 11 | Unconsummated marriage |
| 34 | Deserted |
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
MARSTAT (V501) reports the woman's current marital status. Response categories and question wording vary across surveys. See Comparability.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |