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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (SR2012A_MARST)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 232
End: 232
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Persons 15 and above</span>
<br />[Questions P43 - P45 were asked of persons aged 15 and above.]</p>

<p>P44. What is this person's civil status?</p>
<div class="i1">Instruction: Read out the answer options<br /><br />[] 1 Single<br />[] 2 Legally married<br />[] 3 Divorced<br />[] 4 Widow(er)<br />[] 7 Don't know<br />[] 9 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Legally married
3 Divorced
4 Widow or widower
8 Unknown
9 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
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Suriname 2012: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1% ; type II none]

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