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IIIème Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat, 16-30 août 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2002
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RWA_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Economique, Commission Nationale du Recensement, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Marital status (RW2002A_MARST)

Data file: RWA2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 260
End: 261
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">D. Population aged 12 years or more</span>
<br />[Questions P26-P30.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="RW02A428">P26. Marital status<br /><div class="i1">What is the marital status of _____?<br /><br />Circle the code corresponding to one of the abbreviations provided at the bottom of the page, according to the declaration of the interviewee.<br /><br />1. CEL = Single<br />2. UL = Free union<br />3. MM = Married, monogamy<br />4. HP = Married man, polygamy<br />5. MP1 = Married woman, first wife in a polygamous marriage<br />6. MP2 = Married woman, second wife in a polygamous marriage<br />7. MP3 = Married woman, wife in a polygamous marriage of rank 3 or more<br />8. D/S = Divorced or Separated<br />9. VE = Widowed</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Single
02 Free union
03 Married, monogamy
04 Married man, polygamy
05 Married woman, first wife in a polygamous marriage
06 Married woman, second wife in a polygamous marriage
07 Married woman, wife in a polygamous marriage of rank 3 or more
08 Divorced or Separated
09 Widowed
98 Unknown
99 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 indicates the respondent's marital status.
Universe
Rwanda 2002: Non-visitors age 12+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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