Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Spain, 2011 - 2012

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Reference ID

ESP_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Marital status (ES2011A_MARST)

Data file: ESP2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 337

End: 337

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">5. What is the marital status of Person 1?</span>
<br />Mark his/her legal situation, even if it does not coincide with the informal status</p>
<div class="i1">[] Single<br />[] Married<br />[] Separated<br />[] Divorced<br />[] Widowed</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married
3	Widowed
4	Separated
5	Divorced

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">1.A.4 Marital Status</span></p>

<p>The marital status (de jure) is defined as the (legal) conjugal state of each individual in relation to the marriage laws.</p>

<p>Traditionally this variable is used to analyze processes of family formation and related with fecundity. In addition it is necessary for determining and evaluating social policies.</p>

<p>Categories of this variable:</p>
<div class="i1">Single<br />Married</div><div class="i2">The union is with someone of a different sex<br />The union is with someone of the same sex</div><div class="i1">Separated<br />Divorced<br />Widowed</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

Spain 2011: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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