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Third Population and Habitation Census - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2002
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Reference ID
BEN_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Marital status (BJ2002A_MARST)

Data file: BEN2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 285
End: 285
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]</p>

<p>Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home</p>

<p><span class="em">Persons of 10 years or more of age </span>
<br />[Question 23 was asked of persons 10+ years old]</p>

<p>(23) Marital status
<br /> </p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 Single<br /> [] 1 Monogamous marriage<br /> [] 2 Polygamous marriage with 2 wives<br /> [] 3 Polygamous marriage with 3 wives<br /> [] 4 Polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives<br /> [] 5 Divorced<br /> [] 6 Widowed<br /> [] 7 Separated<br /> [] 8 Free union [unmarried couple]</div>
Categories
Value Category
Single
1 Monogamous
2 Polygamous, 2 wives
3 Polygamous, 3 wives
4 Polygamous, 4 or more wives
5 Divorced
6 Widowed
7 Separated
8 Free union
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 indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Benin 2002: Residents [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
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