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Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census, 1970 Trinidad and Tobago - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1970
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TTO_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (TT1970A_MARST)

Data file: TTO1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 173
End: 173
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Section II. Characteristics</span>
<br />[Questions 5-12 asked of all persons.]</p>

<p>8. Marital Status </p>
<div class="i1">[] Never married <br />[] Married <br />[] Widowed<br />[] Divorced <br />[] Legally seperated <br />[] Not stated</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
5 Legally separated
6 Other
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 marital status.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1970: Persons aged 15+ [discrepancies: Type I = .4%; Type II none]

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