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Population and Housing Census 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 1994 - 1997
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ETH_1994_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Agency, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Marital status (ET1994A_0409)

Data file: ETH1994-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 182
End: 182
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section III: Detailed particulars of household members


33. Marital status

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married/currently married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Widowed
Categories
Value Category
1 Never married
2 Currently married
3 Divorced
4 Widowed
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
Column 33: What is (NAME's) current marital status?

Every member of the household whose age is 10 years and above are asked currently married or not. People who live together as husband and wife and who regard themselves as husband and wife should be recorded as married. The marriage may be taken place either legal, religious or traditional basis or those married persons should live together as husband and wife. The answer for this question must be accepted as given by the respondent and not to question the legal aspect of the marital status. Thus, it is the respondent who defines his/her marital status. The definition for different types of marital status and the assigned codes are given below:


1 = Never married: Are persons who have never married before the census date.

2 = Married: Are persons who at the reference time (October 10, 1994) had marriage partners whether they were staying in the same house or not. The marriage may be both under the legal system of the country, religious or the customs of the local area. For partners who are in dispute but their marriage case is in court or under traditional dispute resolution methods is considered as married unless their marriage is formally annulled.

3 = Divorced: For all persons who at the reference time have had their marriage formally annulled either in court or by custom and have not married again during the census time.

4 = Widowed: For all persons who at the reference time have had lost their marriage partners through death and have not remarried.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Present and absent residents 10+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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