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Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985
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BFA_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, IPUMS
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Marital status (BF1985A_MARST)

Data file: BFA1985_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 132
End: 133
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BF85A413 BF85A414 BF85A415 BF85A416 BF85A417"><span class="h3">Residents 12 years of age and older</span><br /> [Questions 16-20 were asked for residents age 12 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BF85A413">16. Marital status ____<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Single
01 Married to one person (for males)
02 Married to 2 people (for males)
03 Married to 3 people (for males)
04 Married to 4+ people (for males)
05 In monogamous marriage (for females)
06 In polygamous marriage (for females)
07 Widow(er)
08 Divorced or separated
98 Unknown
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
Burkina Faso 1985: Residents age 12+ [discrepancies: type 1 none; type 2 0.3%]

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