XIV Recenseamento Geral da População e IV Recenseamento Geral da Habitação 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 2001

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Reference ID

PRT_2001_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Marital status (PT2001A_0410)

Data file: PRT2001-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 213

End: 213

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 3.1-21 were asked of persons who consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to question 3]

5. Marital Status:

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married: with register
[] 3 Married: without register
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Divorced

Question 5 - Marital status

The actual situation should always be indicated, independently of whether it coincides with the legal situation.

For example: If you are divorced but at the census moment you are living with another person without legal marriage, you should tick "Married without register".

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married with register
3	Married without register
4	Widowed
5	Separated
6	Divorced

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

Question 5 - Marital status

We must collect the real situation the individual is in ("de facto" situation), even if is not the same as the legal situation.

[p.83]

Options available in this question:

Single
Married : with register
Married: without register - Status where a person, independently of their legal status, is living with a person of the opposite sex in a situation similar to the marriage but without the legal arrangements.
Widowed
Separated - Every person that after marrying or living together with other person had left the spouse even if the separation has no legal recognition.
Divorced - Every person that had a legal dissolution of a marriage.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the respondent's marital status.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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