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XVI National Population and V de Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994
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COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Marital status (CO1993A_MARST)

Data file: COL1993_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO93A425 CO93A426 CO93A427 CO93A428"><span class="h2">F3. Ask these questions of all persons who are ten years old or more.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A425"><span class="em">36. He/she is currently. . .</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 In a consensual union<br />[] 2 Separated<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Married<br />[] 5 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Separated
3 Widowed
4 Married
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="CO93A425 CO93A426 CO93A427 CO93A428"><span class="h3">F3. Ask these questions to all persons 10 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A425"><span class="em">36. Currently [the respondent] is:</span><br /><br />This question refers to the civil or conjugal state of a person at the moment of the census. That is to say, the personal state of each individual in relation to the laws or customs of the country about matrimony.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Take into account the following criteria:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">In consensual union</span><br />Persons are in this category who, at the moment of the census, live in marital union and have constituted a family, without existing civil or religious marital ties. This union should be of stable character.<br /><br /><span class="em">Separated or divorced</span><br />A person whose union (married or free union) has been dissolved by legal or de facto means and have not married again and do not live in free union.<br /><br /><span class="em">Widowed</span><br />A person who was married or in free union and has not married again and does not live in free union after the death of their last spouse.<br /><br /><span class="em">Married</span><br />It includes persons who have been legally married according to the religions of any creed (Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, etc.) or according to civil law (in front of a judge or notary) and who at the moment of the census live in this state.<br /><br /><span class="em">Single</span><br />Persons who never have married and do not live in free union are considered singles.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the person.
Universe
Colombia 1993: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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