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Census of Population of Ireland, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1991
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IRL_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (IE1991A_MARST)

Data file: IRL1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions Q.5 and Q.6 on marital status apply to persons born on or before 21 April, 1976]</p>

<p>Q.5 Was the person ever married?</p>
<div class="i1">Please check the appropriate box<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><p>[Proceed to Q.6 only if the person answered "Yes" to Q.5]</p>

<p>Q.6 What is the marital status of persons who were ever married?</p>
<div class="i1">Indicate the present actual marital status irrespective of the legal status. Please check the appropriate box.<br /><br />[] 1 Widowed<br /><br />Remarried following:<br />[] 2 Widowhood<br />[] 3 Dissolution of previous marriage (annulment or divorce)<br />[] 4 Married<br /><br />Married but separated:<br />[] 5 Deserted<br />[] 6 Marriage annulled<br />[] 7 Legally separated<br />[] 8 Other separated<br />[] 9 Divorced in another country</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Separated (including divorced)
4 Widowed
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 a person's marital status.
Universe
Ireland 1991: Persons 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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