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2004 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2004
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SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Marital status (SL2004A_MARST)

Data file: SLE2004_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 245
End: 245
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SL04A419 SL04A420 SL04A421 SL04A422">[Questions P22-P25: Persons age 10 years or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SL04A419">P22. Marital status<br />What is the marital status of [the respondent]?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Engaged<br />[] 3 Married monogamous<br />[] 4 Married polygamous<br />[] 5 Separated<br />[] 6 Divorced<br />[] 7 Widowed</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Engaged
3 Married, monogamous
4 Married, polygamous
5 Separated
6 Divorced
7 Widowed
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 indicates the current marital status of the individual.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2004: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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