Second General Census of Population and Housing,1987 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1987

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CMR_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Ministère du Plan et de l'Amenagement du Territoire, IPUMS

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Marital status (CM1987A_MARST)

Data file: CMR1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 218

End: 219

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CM87A422 CM87A423 CM87A424"><span class="em">Population of 11 years and older (born before April 1976)</span><br />[Questions 23-26 were asked of persons 11 years old or more.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM87A423">P24. Marital status ________<br /><div class="i1">Put the appropriate symbol, according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Single
02	Man married to 1 woman, or woman married to a monogamist man
03	Man married to 2 women, or woman married to a husband having 2 wives
04	Man married to 3 women, or a woman married to a husband having 3 wives
05	Man married to 4+ women, or a woman married to a man having 4+ wives
06	Widow/Widower
07	Divorced or separated
99	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

Cameroon 1987: Persons age 11+ from private households [Discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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