General Census 2005 (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing). - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

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Marital status (CO2005A_MARST)

Data file: COL2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 364

End: 364

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="CO05A519 CO05A520 CO05A521 CO05A522 CO05A523 CO05A524 CO05A525"><span class="em">For persons 10 years old or more</span> (generated by the DMC)<br /> [Questions 53-54 were asked of persons age 10+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO05A519">53. [The respondent] currently: (basic)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Is not married and has been living with his/her partner for two years or more?<br />[] 2 Is not married and has been living with his/her partner for less than two years?<br />[] 3 Is separated, divorced?</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 26]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 4 Is widowed?<br />[] 5 Is single?<br />[] 6 Is married?</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Not married and has 2 or more years living with a partner
2	Not married and has less than 2 years living with a partner
3	Separated, divorced
4	Widow(er)
5	Single
6	Married
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

Colombia 2005: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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