Population Census 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2012

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ZWE_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Agency, IPUMS

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Marital status (ZW2012A_MARST)

Data file: ZWE2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 225

End: 225

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. What is (the respondent's) marital status? </p>
<div class="i1">[Question was asked of persons age 15 years and above]<br /><br />[] 1 Never married <br />[] 2 Married <br />[] 3 Divorced/ separated <br />[] 4 Widowed</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married
3	Divorced or separated
4	Widowed
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 respondent's marital status.

Universe

Zimbabwe 2012: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.5%]

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Concept

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