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XI Censo de Población y Vivienda 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Venezuela, RB, 1981
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VEN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (VE1981A_0405)

Data file: VEN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. What is your current marital status?

[] Consensual union
[] Married
[] Separated
[] Widowed
[] Single
[] Divorced
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Married
3 Separated
4 Widowed
5 Single
6 Divorced
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
Question 4



-- What is the current marital status?

Depending on circumstances, the marital status of the person can be:

[p. 68]


-- In union: One who is not legally married but lives with another forming a stable conjugal union.

-- Married:One who has entered into marriage according to the Law and lives with his/her spouse.

-- Separated:A married person who is separated from his/her spouse, whether in the process of divorce or not.

-- Widowed:The person who has not remarried or entered into a consensual union with another person after the death of his/her spouse.

-- Single:The person who has never entered into a legal marriage, whose first marriage has been annulled, or who currently does not live with another person in a state of matrimony.

-- Divorced:One whose marriage has been legally dissolved and has not remarried or who currently does not live with another person in a state of matrimony.


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Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the person.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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