Census of Population of Ireland 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1981

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IRL_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Marital status (IE1981A_0404)

Data file: IRL1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 173

End: 173

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Q.5 Marital status

The marital status indicated should relate to the person's present legal status. If [the person is] under 15 years of age (i.e., born after 5 April, 1966) please check box 1.

[] 1 Child
[] 2 Single
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Other status

Question 5: Marital status

(i) The marital status indicated should relate to the person's present legal status.
(ii) If under 15 years of age (i.e., born after 5 April, 1966) please insert the check mark in box 1.
(iii) The category "Other status" relates only to persons who have obtained a divorce in another country.

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married
3	Widowed
4	Other
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

Q.5: Marital status
An entry is required to this Question for all persons. For children under 15 years of age (i.e. born on or after 6 April, 1966), "Child" should be ticked. The entries for this question should not be inconsistent with those for Relationship and Date of Birth. If in some cases additional information is inserted by respondents who opt for the category "other status", accept it without question.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's marital status.

Universe

Persons age 15+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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