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Lesotho, 1996 - 2996
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LSO_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status (LS1996A_MARST)

Data file: LSO1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 198
End: 198
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section B. For all persons </span></p>

<p>8. What is (the respondent's) marital status?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Never married<br />[] 2 Monogamously married<br />[] 3 Polygamously married<br />[] 4 Separated<br />[] 5 Divorced<br />[] 6 Widowed<br />[] 9 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Monogamous married
3 Polygamous married
4 Separated
5 Divorced
6 Widowed
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
<span class="h3">2. Part B of questionnaire</span>
<br />(Questionnaire concerning the individual members of the household) the questions are marked by numbers to be read from left to right.</p>

<p>The first two columns must be completed before entries are made anywhere else in the questionnaire.</p>

<p>115. Column 8: Marital status
<br />Please code according to list giving the present status; thus a person divorced and remarried is married.
<br />A man who is married to one woman and a woman who has no cowives is monogamously married, irrespective of past status (Code 2). A man who is married to more than one woman or a woman who has cowives (whose husband is married to more than one woman) is polygamously married (Code 3).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the person.
Universe
Lesotho 1996: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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