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VI Censo de Población y V de Vivienda, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 2001
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Reference ID
ECU_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Marital status (EC2001A_MARST)

Data file: ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 270
End: 270
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="EC01A444">28. Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated? Mark only one box.<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 In a consensual union<br />[ ] 2 Single<br />[ ] 3 Married<br />[ ] 4 Divorced<br />[ ] 5 Widowed<br />[ ] 6 Separated<br />[ ] 9 Don't know</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Single
3 Married
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Separated
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="EC01A444"><span class="em">For all people 12 years of age and older</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">E. Marital or conjugal status</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Question 28.- Are you currently in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed or separated?</span><br /><br />[There is a picture of question 28 from this section of the enumeration form.]<br /><br />Always ask this question. In no case should you assume the marital or conjugal status of a person being enumerated. Remember that the current marital or conjugal status is being investigated. Example: If a person was married and currently is in a consensual union, mark box 1, In a consensual union, with an <span class="em">x</span>.<br /><br />[There is a drawing of a man wearing a ring and the box for "married" is checked.]<br /><br />[Pages. 58-59 were not translated into English.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates marital status of the person.
Universe
Ecuador 2001: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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