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XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986
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COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Marital status (CO1985A_MARST)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 187
End: 187
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO85A416 CO85A417 CO85A418 CO85A419"><span class="h2">D. For persons ten years old or more.</span><br />[Applies to questions 42 - 45]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A416"><span class="em">42. Actually you are:</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Consensually united<br />[] 2 Separated or divorced<br />[] 3 Married<br />[] 4 Widowed<br />[] 5 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Separated or divorced
3 Married
4 Widowed
5 Single
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CO85A416 CO85A417 CO85A418 CO85A419"><span class="h3">D. For persons 10 years old or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 42 - 45]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A416"><span class="em">Question No. 42 Civil or conjugal state</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark "x" in the corresponding box.<br /><br />If necessary explain the following definitions:<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 46]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Consensual union</span>. A person who lives in marital union without being married by the law or the church.<br /><span class="em">Separated</span>. It is a person who, having been married or in free union, at the moment of the census now does not live with the spouse or companion.<br />A person who has to be absent occasionally for reasons of work, vacation, sickness etc. should not be considered separated.<br /><span class="em">Divorced</span>. It is a person whose wedding was dissolved for legal or religious means and did not marry again or does not live in free union.<br /><span class="em">Married</span>. It is a person who was legally married according to the Civil Law (before a Judge) or according to the religious rites of any creed (catholic, baptist, jewish, etc.) and continues living with their spouse.<br /><span class="em">Widowed</span>. It is a person whose wife or companion died and has not married again and does not live in free union.<br /><span class="em">Single</span>. It is a person who has not married and does not live in free union.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Colombia 1985: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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