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2008 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008
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MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Marital status flag (MW2008A_QMARST)

Data file: MWI2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 292
End: 292
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MW08A449 MW08A450 MW08A486 MW08A487"> [Questions P28-P29 were asked of residents age 12 years or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW08A449 MW08A469 MW08A486">P28. What is [the respondent's] marital status?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Never married (go to P30)<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Divorced / separated<br />[] 4 Widowed</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
No imputation
1 Logical imputation (from blank)
2 Logical imputation (non-blank)
3 Hot deck imputation (from blank)
4 Hot deck imputation (non-blank)
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 indicates the marital status flag.
Universe
Malawi 2008: All persons

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