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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Marital status (ZA2016A_MARST)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 229
End: 229
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.1] Demographics </span></p>

<p>[3.7.1.6] What is the respondent's present marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Legally married [include customary, traditional, religious etc.]<br />[] 2 Living together like husband and wife/partners<br />[] 3 Divorced<br />[] 4 Separated, but still legally married<br />[] 5 Widowed<br />[] 6 Single, but have been living together with someone as husband/wife/partner before<br />[] 7 Single, and have never lived together as husband/wife/partner before</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Legally married (include customary; traditional; religious etc.)
2 Living together like husband and wife or partners
3 Divorced
4 Separated, but still legally married
5 Widowed
6 Single, but have been living together with someone as husband, wife or partner before
7 Single, and have never lived together as husband, wife or partner before
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
South Africa 2016: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

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