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1987 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987
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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Marital status (MW1987A_MARST)

Data file: MWI1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MW87A416 MW87A417 MW87A418 MW87A419 MW87A420 MW87A421">Persons aged 10 years or more<br />[Questions L through O were asked of persons age 10 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MW87A416">l. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Married<br />[] 2 Widowed<br />[] 3 Divorced<br />[] 4 Never married</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Married
2 Widowed
3 Divorced/separated
4 Never married
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
This variable records the individual's marital status.
Universe
Malawi 1987: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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