Population Census Jamaica 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991

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JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Minnesota Population Center

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Currently living with a common law partner (JM1991A_0451)

Data file: JAM1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 252

End: 252

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section 7: Union status and fertility
(Female age 14 and older who are not full-time students at a primary or secondary school)

7.4. Are you / is [the respondent] currently living with someone as a common-law partner?

[] Yes
[] No (go to Question 7.6)
[] Not stated

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
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.

Interviewer instructions

Section 7 - Union Status and Fertility

5.76 General
This section is comprised of Question 7.1 - 7.14 and the information is to be completed only for females 14 years or older who are not attending primary or secondary school full-time. Part-time students at these schools as well as students of tertiary institutions are eligible for

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answering these questions.
The questions in this section can be seen to be of a very personal nature and you must assure the respondent that this type of information is very crucial to population planning as they provide very useful indicators of family formation and population growth.

5.79 Question 7.4 Currently Living with Common-law Partner
Women who indicate that they are married but are not living with their husbands, women who were married but are widowed, divorced or separated as well as never married women who indicate that they had lived with a common-law partner are asked if they are currently living with a common-law partner.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the woman is currently living with a common law partner.

Universe

Females age 14+ in private households and some group quarters who are not full-time primary or secondary students and who were previously married or have lived with a partner

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Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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