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IX General Population and Housing Census, 1970 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1970
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MEX_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, IPUMS
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Marital status (MX1970A_MARST)

Data file: MEX1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX70A414 MX70A415 MX70A416 MX70A417 MX70A418 MX70A419 MX70A420 MX70A421 MX70A422 MX70A423 MX70A424 MX70A425"><span class="em">For persons twelve years old or more</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX70A415">12. Marital status<br /><br />What is the current martial status of this person? Mark with an X<br /><div class="i1">Married:</div><br /><div class="i2">[ ] 2 Civil and religious<br />[ ] 3 Only civil<br />[ ] 4 Only religious</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 5 Lives in a consensual union<br />[ ] 6 Widow<br />[ ] 7 Divorced<br />[ ] 8 Separated<br />[ ] 9 Single</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Married with both civil and religious ceremony
2 Married with civil ceremony only
3 Married with religious ceremony only
4 Consensual union
5 Widowed
6 Divorced
7 Separated
8 Single
9 Unknown
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 marital status.
Universe
Mexico 1970: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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