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III Censo de Población y II de Vivienda 1974 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1974
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ECU_1974_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Oficina de Censos Nacionales, Junta Nacional dePlanificación, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (EC1974A_0425)

Data file: ECU1974-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 176
End: 176
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E. Marital status
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Consensual union
2 Single
3 Married
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Separated
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.
Interviewer instructions
D. Marital and fertility characteristics

[This is the second section D. in the enumerator's manual. On the enumeration form, this section has the title "fertility characteristics."]



Question No. 21

[The following directions refer to a graphic representing question 21, "what is your marital or conjugal status?", in this section of the enumeration form.]

Read each one of the alternatives and ask all members of the census household who are 12 or older in which of them they classify themselves. Mark the corresponding box.

[Note that this question corresponds to question 19 (in section E. marital status) on the enumeration form. The enumeration form includes two response options ("separated" and "unknown") that do not appear in the enumerator's manual.]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the person.
Universe
Persons age 12+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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