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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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Union status at present or at age 45 (if age 45+) (LC1980A_UNION)

Data file: LCA1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 206
End: 206
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="LC80A432 LC80A433 LC80A434 LC80A435 LC80A436 LC80A437 LC80A438">Females age 14 years and over who are not attending school full time [Questions 30-35]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="LC80A437" v="LC80A437 LC80A438">34. Union status - at present or at age 45 [if persons age 45+]<br /><div class="i1">[] Married<br />[] Common law<br />[] Visiting<br />[] No longer living with husband<br />[] No longer living with common law partner<br />[] Never had husband or common law partner<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="LC80A438">35. Duration of union (completed years)<br /><div class="i1">[] 0<br />[] 10<br />[] 20<br />[] 30<br />[] Not applicable<br />[] Not stated</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 0<br />[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5<br />[] 6<br />[] 7<br />[] 8<br />[] 9</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married
2 Common law partner
3 Visiting
4 Not living with husband
5 Not living with common law partner
6 Never had husband or common law partner
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 represents the union status of a couple, as indicated by a woman. For women between the ages 14-45, this variable identifies whether she is currently married, cohabiting, is separated from her spouse or partner, or has never formed a union. For women ages 46 and older, this variable represents their union status at age 45.

The variable MARST provides data on formal marital status for men and women at the time of the 1980 census. Most consensual unions involve the household head and can be inferred in 1980 based on the presence of a "spouse/partner" in the harmonized RELATE variable.
Universe
Saint Lucia 1980: Females age 14+ not attending school full time [discrepancies: type I .6%; type II trace]

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