Home / Central Data Catalog / IPUMS / DOM_1981_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
ipums

VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
Get Microdata
Reference ID
DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website Interactive tools
Created on
Sep 24, 2014
Last modified
Aug 01, 2025
Page views
26558
Downloads
847

Marital Status (DO1981A_MARST)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 297
End: 297
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For individuals 12 years of age and older</span>[Applies to question 65.]</p>

<p>65. Are you currently in a consensual union, married, separated, divorced, widowed, or single?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Consensual union<br />[] 2 Married<br />[] 3 Separated<br />[] 4 Divorced<br />[] 5 Widowed<br />[] 6 Single</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Married
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Single
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
<span class="em">For all persons 12 years of age and older</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 65:</span> Are you currently in a consensual union, married, separated, divorced, widowed, or unmarried?</p>

<p>The options are read and the corresponding circle is filled in.</p>

<p>This information refers to the [conjugal] situation of the person at the moment of the census and not to their legal marital status.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person’s marital status.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog

This site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. If you continue to navigate this website beyond this page, cookies will be placed on your browser. To learn more about cookies, click here.