Population Census Jamaica 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991

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Reference ID

JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Living with husband (JM1991A_0449)

Data file: JAM1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 250

End: 250

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Section 7: Union status and fertility
(Female age 14 and older who are not full-time students at a primary or secondary school)

7.2. Are you / is [the respondent] currently living with your/her husband?

[] Yes (go to Question 7.5)
[] No (go to Question 7.4)
[] Not stated

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
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.

Interviewer instructions

Section 7 - Union Status and Fertility

5.76 General
This section is comprised of Question 7.1 - 7.14 and the information is to be completed only for females 14 years or older who are not attending primary or secondary school full-time. Part-time students at these schools as well as students of tertiary institutions are eligible for

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answering these questions.
The questions in this section can be seen to be of a very personal nature and you must assure the respondent that this type of information is very crucial to population planning as they provide very useful indicators of family formation and population growth.

5.77 Question 7.2 Living with Husband
This question is to be asked of women who are legally married and seeks to determine if they are currently living with their husbands. If a woman's husband is temporarily away then she should be regarded as living with her husband.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the woman is currently living with her husband.

Universe

Married females age 14+ in private households and some group quarters who are not full-time primary or secondary students

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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