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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1987-June, 1988 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1988
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IND_1987_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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Marital status (IN1987A_MARST)

Data file: IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IN87A405">6. Marital status:<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Currently married<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Divorced/separated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Currently married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced/separated
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
<svar a="all" v="IN87A405">5.4.7 <span class="em">Column (6): Marital status</span>: The marital status of each member will be recorded in terms of the specified code numbers in this column. The codes are:<br /><div class="i1">Never married 1<br />Currently married 2<br />Widowed 3<br />Divorced/separated 4</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
India 1987: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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