Census of Population and Housing 2000

Philippines, 2000

Reference ID

PHL_2000_PHC_v01_M

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National Statistics Office

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P9-Marital Status (P9_MSTATUS)

Data file: Census 2000 F2 - Person

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 23

End: 23

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Demographic information for all persons

Literal question

What is _____ 's marital status?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Legally married
3	Widowed
4	Divorced/separated
5	Common-law/live-in
6	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.

Question post text

Please cross out one of the selections

For persons below 10 years old, cross out single

Description

Definition

Marital status refers to the personal status of each individual in reference to the marriage laws or customs of the country. It is the same as "civil status", the term usually used in official and private records, documents, transactions, etc., in the country. In Census 2000, the person's marital status shall be as of the date of visit.

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