Census of Canada 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Marital status (CA1981A_0411)

Data file: CAN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 201

End: 201

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question 5. Mark "Now married" if you have a husband or wife who is now living, even if you are temporarily living apart because one of you is employed away from home, hospitalized, etc., but not if you are actually separated or have obtained a divorce.
For census purposes, couples living in a common-law type of arrangement are considered as "Now married", regardless of their legal marital status.
Mark "Separated" if you are separated from your husband or wife due to causes such as desertion or marriage breakdown, or because you no longer want to live together, provided that no divorce has been obtained.
Mark "Divorced" if you have obtained a divorce and have not remarried.

5. Marital status
What is your marital status?
(See guidelines for further information.)

Mark one box only.
[] Now married (excluding separated)
[] Separated
[] Divorced
[] Widowed
[] Never married (single)

Value	Category
1	Divorced
2	Now married
3	Separated
4	Never married (single)
5	Widowed

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the legal conjugal status of a person.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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