Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset
Lesotho, 2009
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Current marital status (H_HHMARSTAT)
Data file: LSO2009-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
219
End:
221
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
MARITAL STATUS IF AGE 15 OLDER:
(10) What is (NAME'S) current marital status?
1=MARRIED OR LIVING TOGETHER
2=DIVORCED/SEPARATED
3=WIDOWED
4=NEVER-MARRIED AND NEVER LIVED TOGETHER
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(10) What is (NAME'S) current marital status?
1=MARRIED OR LIVING TOGETHER
2=DIVORCED/SEPARATED
3=WIDOWED
4=NEVER-MARRIED AND NEVER LIVED TOGETHER
_____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 100 | Never married/lived together |
| 110 | Unconsummated marriage |
| 200 | Married or living together |
| 210 | Married |
| 220 | Living together |
| 300 | Formerly married/lived together |
| 310 | Widowed |
| 320 | Divorced/separated |
| 321 | Divorced |
| 322 | Separated/not living together |
| 997 | Don't know |
| 998 | Missing |
| 999 | 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
HHMARSTAT (HV115) reports the household member's current marital status. Response categories and question wording vary across surveys, as does the age range covered by this variable. See Comparability.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |