Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

Barbados, 2012

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Reference ID

BRB_2012_MICS_v01_M

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United Nations Children’s Fund, Barbados Statistical Service

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Marital status (MA6)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 267

Invalid: 1649

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 247

End: 247

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is your marital status now: are you widowed, divorced, separated or no longer in a visiting relationship?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Widowed	3	1.1%
2	Divorced	29	10.9%
3	Separated	36	13.5%
4	No longer in a visiting relationship	199	74.5%
Sysmiss		1649

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.

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