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General Census of the Population of Togo 1958-1960 - IPUMS Subset

Togo, 1958
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TGO_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (INSEED), IPUMS
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Marital status (TG1960A_MARST)

Data file: TGO1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 152
End: 152
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">6. Marital status</span><div class="i1">[] Unmarried<br />[] Married followed by the number of wives or rank of spouse<br />[] Widower<br />[] Divorced<br />[] Free union</div>
Categories
Value Category
Single
1 Married, monogamous or first wife
2 Married with two wives or second wife
3 Married with three wives or third wife
4 Married with four wives or fourth wife
5 Married with five wives or fifth wife
6 Married with six or more wives, or sixth or greater wife
7 Widow or widower
8 Divorced
9 Free union
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, including the number of wives for polygamous men and the number of wives or spousal rank for polygamous women. Empirical examination of this variable indicates that in about two-thirds of households with polygamous unions, wives' values on this variable reflect the total number of wives in their union, whereas in about one-third of such households, wives' values reflect their spousal ranks.
Universe
Togo 1960: All persons

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