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Population and Housing Census 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 2007
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ETH_2007_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Agency, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (ET2007A_0423)

Data file: ETH2007-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 191
End: 192
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section 3: Details of persons in the household


[Questions 21-25 were asked of long form respondents' age 10+.]


25. What is [the respondent]'s current marital status?

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Cohabiting/living together
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Married
3 Divorced
4 Separated
5 Widowed
6 Cohabiting or living together
9 Not stated
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
Question 25:- What is [the respondent's] current marital status?

Every member of the household whose age is 10 years and above are asked currently married or not. People who live together as husband and wife and who regard themselves as husband and wife should be recorded as married. The marriage may be taken place either legal, religious or traditional basis or those married persons should live together as husband and wife. The answer for this question must be accepted as given by the respondent and not to question the legal aspect of the marital status. Thus, it is the respondent who defines his/her marital status. The relevant codes to be marked for the various marital status categories are:


1 = Never married: - Are persons who have never married before the census date.

2 = Married:- Are persons who at the reference time (May 28, 2007) had marriage partners whether they were staying in the same house or not. The marriage may be both under the legal system of the country, religious or the customs of the local area.

3 = Divorced:- For all persons who at the reference time have had their marriage formally annulled either in court or by custom and have not married again during the census time.

4 = Separated :- For all persons who because of dispute or other reasons were no longer staying in the same house as "married partners " but whose marriage had not declared culturally or legally dissolved. At the enumeration date if the husband and wife full fill this condition then mark this code (code 4).

5 = Widowed:- For all persons who at the reference time have had lost their marriage partners through death and have not remarried.

6 = Living together/Cohabiting:- Are persons who at the reference time ( May, 2007 ) living together as husband and wife. The marriage is not in the legal system of the country or the customs of the local area. These persons may or may not have had common child.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Long form respondents age 10+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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