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XII Recenseamento Geral da População e II Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1981
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PRT_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Marital status (PT1981A_MARST)

Data file: PRT1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT81A401 PT81A403 PT81A405 PT81A406 PT81A407 PT81A408 PT81A409 PT81A410 PT81A411 PT81A412 PT81A415 PT81A416 PT81A417 PT81A418 PT81A419 PT81A420 PT81A421 PT81A422 PT81A423 PT81A424 PT81A425 PT81A426 PT81A427 PT81A428 PT81A429">[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PT81A403">7. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Single<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Separated<br />[] 5 Divorced</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 7 - Marital Status</span><ul class="b1">
<li><span class="ital">Married</span>: refers to the person who is legally married or living in an equivalent situation. The married condition (legal or de facto) dominates over any other prior status.</li>

<li><span class="ital">Separated</span>: is every person who, after having been married, separated herself from her spouse, even when the separation has not been legally recognized.</li>
</ul>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Separated
5 Divorced
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 describes the person's marital status.
Universe
Portugal 1981: All persons

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