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National Census of Housing and Population 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1976
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BOL_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Marital Status (BO1976A_MARST)

Data file: BOL1976_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 216
End: 216
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">E. Marital Status Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Only for those 12 years of age and older</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO76A420">17. What is your current marital status?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Single<br />[] 2 Married or cohabiting<br />[] 3 Widowed<br />[] 4 Divorced or separated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married or cohabitating
3 Widowed
4 Divorced or separated
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
<svar a="all" v="BO76A420"><span class="em">d. Civil state information </span>This question is for men and women 12 years or older.<br /><br /><span class="em">Question 17.What is your current civil state?</span><br /><br />Mark the box corresponding to the given response.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's marital status.
Universe
Bolivia 1976: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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