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Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census - St. Lucia - IPUMS Subset

St. Lucia, 1980
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LCA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia, IPUMS
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Marital status (LC1980A_MARST)

Data file: LCA1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="LC80A405">8. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">[Persons age 14 years and over]<br /><br />[] Never married<br />[] Married<br />[] Widowed<br />[] Divorced<br />[] Legally separated<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced
5 Legally separated
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.

Description

Definition
This variable explains a person's marital status.
Universe
Saint Lucia 1980: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 39.2%]

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