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X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Married, nature of union (BR1991A_MARST1)

Data file: BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 342
End: 342
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR91A442 BR91A444 BR91A445 BR91A443 BR91A446 BR91A447">[Questions 31 to 34 were asked of those who live or have lived in the company of a spouse, common-law husband or wife, etc.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR91A444"><span class="h3">32. If live with partner - spouse, companion, etc., indicate the nature of the relationship</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 civil and religious marriage<br />[] 2 only civil marriage<br />[] 3 only religious marriage<br />[] 4 consensual union</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Civil and religious marriage
2 Only civil marriage
3 Only religious marriage
4 Consensual union
9 Unknown
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
<svar a="all" v="BR91A444"><span class="h3">Question 32 - 1st part - if the person lives in the company of his or her spouse or common-law spouse, mark the nature of the marriage bond</span><br />Mark:<br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Civil and religious marriage</span> - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married civilly and religiously, including for those who, although having had only a religious ceremony, have valid documents pursuant to the legislation in effect;<br /><span class="em">2 - Only civil marriage</span> - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married only civilly;</div><br /><span class="pg">[p. 71]</span><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">3 - Only religious marriage</span> - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married only religiously, in any religion or sect; or<br /><span class="em">4 - Common-law marriage</span> - for persons who live in the company of a spouse without having carried out a civil or religious marriage with this spouse.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status (nature of the union).
Universe
Brazil 1991: Persons age 10+ in union [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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