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Censo de Población y Viviendas 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1962
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PRY_1962_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (PY1962A_0416)

Data file: PRY1962-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 143
End: 143
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

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Literal question
General characteristics

For individuals of all ages



5. Marital status:

Mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Single


Married:


[] 2 Civil and religious ceremony
[] 3 Civil ceremony only


[] 4 Consensual union
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married, civil and religious ceremonies
3 Married, civil ceremony only
4 Consensual union
5 Widowed
6 Divorced
9 Unknown
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
Item V: Marriage status

134 - Annotate the case in the corresponding box, in accordance with the following definitions:

Single: Has never been married and does not live in a consensual union.
Married: Has entered marital bonds, maintains that state, and does not live in a consensual union.
Consensual union: Live in a marital union without having married.
Widow: Having been married, survives the other spouse and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.
Divorcee: Has terminated their marital bond with their spouse by judicial decree and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.


[pg. 20]

135 - In the cases in which the first and last name of a woman (Item 1) who declares themselves as married, does not include the last name of the husband, the enumerator should make sure if the marital state given is the true one, basing themselves on the other information obtained.

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Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
All persons

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Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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