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Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Marital status (ZA1996A_MARST)

Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section A:</span>
<br /><svar v="ZA96Z025 ZA96A037 ZA96A038 ZA96A039 ZA96A044 ZA96A045 ZA96A046 ZA96A047 ZA96A400 ZA96A404 ZA96A405 ZA96A406 ZA96A407 ZA96A408 ZA96A409 ZA96A410 ZA96A411 ZA96A412 ZA96A413 ZA96A414 ZA96A415 ZA96A416 ZA96A417 ZA96A418 ZA96A419 ZA96A420 ZA96A421 ZA96A422 ZA96A423 ZA96A424 ZA96A425 ZA96A426 ZA96A427 ZA96A447"><span class="em"><br />To be completed for each person in the household in a separate column. Remember to include babies. Please include yourself.<br /></span></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA96A407">4. What is (the person's) present marital status? (Circle the applicable code)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 = Never married<br />[] 2 = Married: Civil/religious<br />[] 3 = Married: Traditional/customary<br />[] 4 = Living together (with partner)<br />[] 5 = Widower/widow<br />[] 6 = Divorced/separated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married: Civil/religious
3 Married: Traditional
4 Living together
5 Widowed
6 Divorced/separated
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 martial status.
Universe
South Africa 1996: Persons in private households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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