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CRI_1963_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos, IPUMS
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Marital status (CR1963A_MARST)

Data file: CRI1963_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 130
End: 130
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. Marital Status</p>
<div class="i1">Mark only one box<br /><br />Single: one who has never contracted matrimony and does not live in a consensual union<br /><br />Married: one who has contracted matrimony and lives in that estate<br /><br />Widowed: one who has not contracted matrimony since the death of a spouse and who does not live in a consensual union<br /><br />Divorced: one who definitively undid a marital bond through legal means<br /><br />Consensual union: one who lives in a marital union without having contracted matrimony<br /><br />Married Separated: one who contracted matrimony and lives apart from the spouse</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Single<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Consensual union<br />[] 6 Married separated</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
5 Consensual union
6 Separated
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the respondent.
Universe
Costa Rica 1963: Persons age 12 + [discrepancies: none]

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