Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

Belize, 2011

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Reference ID

BLZ_2011_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistical Institute of Belize, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Aug 12, 2014

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Marital status (MA6)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 483

Invalid: 4002

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 253

End: 253

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is your marital status now: are you widowed, divorced or separated?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Widowed	43	8.9%
2	Divorced	29	6%
3	Separated	410	84.9%
9		1	0.2%
Sysmiss		4002

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

Circle the code corresponding to the response given. For a woman who is not currently married and not currently living with someone but who was formerly in a union, record her current marital status at the time of the interview. Since she was in a union at one time, but is not on the day you are interviewing her, she will be either widowed, divorced or separated.

You should use 'widowed' (a) for women who were married and their husband died, and (b) for women who were in an informal union and their partner died. 'Divorced' should be used for women who were formally married and whose marriage formally ended. 'Separated' should be used (a) for women who were married, but are no longer continuing the marriage with their husband, and (b) for women who were in an informal union and are no longer continuing the union with their partner.

Description

Source of information

The eligible woman selected for interview

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