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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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Reference ID
SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
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  • SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat
  • SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Marital status (SL2015A_MARST)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 283
End: 284
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p><span class="em"> 10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]</span></p>

<p>P27. Marital status</p>
<div class="i1">What is the marital status of [the respondent]?<br /><br />[] 01 Never married<br />[] 02 Engaged<br />[] 03 Married monogamous<br />[] 04 Married polygamous<br />[] 05 Co-habitation (less than 5 years)<br />[] 06 Co-habitation (equal to more than 5 years)<br />[] 07 Separated<br />[] 08 Divorced<br />[] 09 Widowed<br />[] 10 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Never married
02 Engaged
03 Married, monogamous
04 Married, polygamous
05 Cohabitation (less than 5 years)
06 Cohabitation (equal or more than 5 years)
07 Separated
08 Divorced
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>

<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>

<p><span class="em">P27 -- Marital status (for persons 10 years and over) </span>
<br />148. This is a very sensitive issue and you must avoid going into arguments with respondents. Ask what is (name's) current marital status? The options for an answer are provided in the code list. If never married write '01', if engaged write '02', if married monogamous write '03', if married polygamous write '04' etc.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Persons age 10+ in occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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