Recensement general de la population de 1985 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1985

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Reference ID

BFA_1985_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Marital status (BF1985A_0413)

Data file: BFA1985-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 119

End: 120

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Residents 12 years of age and older
[Questions 16-20 were asked for residents age 12 and older.]

16. Marital status ____

Categories

Value	Category
0	Single
1	Married to one person (for males)
2	Married to 2 people (for males)
3	Married to 3 people (for males)
4	Married to 4+ people (for males)
5	In monogamous marriage (for females)
6	In polygamous marriage (for females)
7	Widow(er)
8	Divorced or separated
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

D) Marriage and children

Column sixteen - marital status:

This is the information concerning the marital status of residents of both sexes age 12 years or older.

Use the following abbreviations:

CEL: single (man or woman);
MA 1: man married to one woman;
MA 2: man married to two women;
MA 3: man married to three women;
MA 4: man married to four women;
MM: woman married to a monogamist;
MP: woman married to a polygamist;
VE: widowed (man or woman);
DS: divorced or separated (man or woman).

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

Residents age 12+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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