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Census of Canada 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (CA1981A_0411)

Data file: CAN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 201
End: 201
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Question 5. Mark "Now married" if you have a husband or wife who is now living, even if you are temporarily living apart because one of you is employed away from home, hospitalized, etc., but not if you are actually separated or have obtained a divorce.
For census purposes, couples living in a common-law type of arrangement are considered as "Now married", regardless of their legal marital status.
Mark "Separated" if you are separated from your husband or wife due to causes such as desertion or marriage breakdown, or because you no longer want to live together, provided that no divorce has been obtained.
Mark "Divorced" if you have obtained a divorce and have not remarried.



5. Marital status
What is your marital status?
(See guidelines for further information.)

Mark one box only.
[] Now married (excluding separated)
[] Separated
[] Divorced
[] Widowed
[] Never married (single)
Categories
Value Category
1 Divorced
2 Now married
3 Separated
4 Never married (single)
5 Widowed
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 legal conjugal status of a person.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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