First Census of Canada 1871 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1871

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CAN_1871_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

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Marital status (CA1871A_MARST)

Data file: CAN1871_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 186

End: 186

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CA71A408">____ Married</svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Married, spouse present
2	Married, spouse absent
4	Divorced
5	Widowed
6	Never married/single and NIU

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

This variable gives an individual's current marital status.

Universe

Canada 1871: Universe unknown

concept

Concept

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