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XII Recenseamento Geral da População e II Recenseamento Geral da Habitação 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1981
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PRT_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (PT1981A_0403)

Data file: PRT1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 177
End: 177
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]




7. Marital status

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced




Question 7 - Marital Status

Married: refers to the person who is legally married or living in an equivalent situation. The married condition (legal or de facto) dominates over any other prior status.
Separated: is every person who, after having been married, separated herself from her spouse, even when the separation has not been legally recognized.
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Separated
5 Divorced
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
Important: Individuals not residing in the dwelling where they spend 16 March 1981, at 00:00 hours, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.
[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]




Question 7 - Marital status

Married - By married we must understand the person legally married or just living in a similar situation but not legalized. The marriage situation dominates other status.

Separated - By separated, we understand a person legally separated, meaning that after being legally married, obtained a legal separation from a court.

Divorced - Every person who had a legal dissolution of his/her marriage.

Description

Definition
This variable describes the person's marital status.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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