1961 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1961

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Reference ID

GBR_1961_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Marital status (UK1961A_MARST)

Data file: GBR1961_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 67

End: 67

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

E. <span class="em">Persons 16 years or over.</span><div class="i1">Write "single", "married", "widowed", or "divorced" (See note 4). ____</div><p>G. <span class="em">All married women.</span><div class="i1">Write at (i) the date of her present marriage.</div><div class="i2">(i) ____</div><div class="i1">Has she been married more than once? Write "yes" or "no" at (ii).</div><div class="i2">If "yes" fill in column H<br />(ii) ____</div><p>H. <span class="em">Widowed or divorced women or women married more than once.</span><div class="i1">Write at (i) the date of first or only marriage.</div><div class="i2">It is only answered if part (ii) or question G was "yes".<br />(i) ____</div><div class="i1">Write at (ii) the date when that marriage ended (See note 6).<br /><div class="i2">(ii) ____</div></div>

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married
3	Widowed
4	Divorced

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

United Kingdom 1961: All persons

concept

Concept

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