Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Lesotho, 2006
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Reference ID
LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
Metadata
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Dec 05, 2019
Last modified
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- Data files
- LSO2006_PHC-H-H.dat
- LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat
Marital status (LS2006A_MARST)
Data file: LSO2006_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
228
End:
228
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. List of household members </span></p>
<p>6. What is (the respondent's) marital status? </p>
<div class="i1">[Skip to question 9 if respondent selects 1 or 9.]<br /><br />[] 1 Never married <br />[] 2 Monogamously married <br />[] 3 Polygamously married <br />[] 4 Living together<br />[] 5 Separated <br />[] 6 Divorced <br />[] 7 Widowed <br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
<p>6. What is (the respondent's) marital status? </p>
<div class="i1">[Skip to question 9 if respondent selects 1 or 9.]<br /><br />[] 1 Never married <br />[] 2 Monogamously married <br />[] 3 Polygamously married <br />[] 4 Living together<br />[] 5 Separated <br />[] 6 Divorced <br />[] 7 Widowed <br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Never married |
| 2 | Monogamously married |
| 3 | Polygamously married |
| 4 | Living together |
| 5 | Separated |
| 6 | Divorced |
| 7 | Widowed |
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
<span class="h2">Part B of the questionnaire</span>
<br />For all persons</p>
<p>76. Column 6. Marital status</p>
<div class="i1">Please code according to list giving the present status; thus a person divorced and remarried is married.<br />A man who is married to one woman and a woman who has no co wives is monogamously married, irrespective of past status (Code 2).<br />A man who is married to more than one woman or a woman who has co wives (whose husband has more than one woman) is polygamously married (Code 3).</div>
<br />For all persons</p>
<p>76. Column 6. Marital status</p>
<div class="i1">Please code according to list giving the present status; thus a person divorced and remarried is married.<br />A man who is married to one woman and a woman who has no co wives is monogamously married, irrespective of past status (Code 2).<br />A man who is married to more than one woman or a woman who has co wives (whose husband has more than one woman) is polygamously married (Code 3).</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Lesotho 2006: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Demographic Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |