South African Census 2001

South Africa, 2001

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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Marital status (p05_mar)

Data file: SA Census 2001 Person_v1

Overview

Valid: 3725655

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 42

End: 42

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

p05. What is (the person's) PRESENT marital status?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Married civil/religious	609273	16.4%
2	Married traditional/customary	258310	6.9%
3	Polygamous marriage	2596	0.1%
4	Living Together as unmarried partners	189157	5.1%
5	Never Married	2436706	65.4%
6	Widower/Widow	156115	4.2%
7	Separated	27036	0.7%
8	Divorced	46462	1.2%

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

Household member's marital status

Universe

All individuals in all enumerated households

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