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II Recenseamiento Geral da População e Habitação 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997
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MOZ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (MZ1997A_0441)

Data file: MOZ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 233
End: 233
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 6 through 31 were asked of usual residents of the household.]


FOR PEOPLE AGED 12+ ONLY.


27. What is (the person)?s marital status?

[] Single
[] Married
[] Living together as married partners
[] Divorced/Separated
[] Widowed
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Living together as married partners
4 Divorced or Separated
5 Widowed
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.
Interviewer instructions
Questions Only For People With 7 Years And Older


P27. Which is your marital status?
Read each question and answer choices.
Keep in mind that:

- Single is a person of either sex who never married or lived in marital union. Mark X in box number 1;
- Married is the person who has contracted a civil or religious marriage and lives with her spouse. Mark X in box 2;
- Marital Unions is the person who has been cohabiting with his spouse, or according to local custom. Mark X in box 3;
- Divorced or Separated is the person who was married or lived as husband and now it is in a dissolution of marriage (by the law or not). Mark X in box number 4. If the person had remarried, you should consider it as married or under the Marital Union, as appropriate.
- A widower is a person who was married and is no longer due to the death of a spouse. Mark X in box number 5. If that person had remarried after the death of a spouse , then you should declare it as married or under the Marital Union, as appropriate.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's marital status.
Universe
Residents of the household age 12+

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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