Censos 2011: XV Receseamento Geral da População; V Receseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 2011

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PRT_2011_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Legal marital status (PT2011A_0405)

Data file: PRT2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 193

End: 193

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Individual questionnaire

6. What is your legal marital status?

Indicate the legal situation regardless of your marital situation.
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married (Go to question 8)
[] 3 Separated, but still legally married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Divorced

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married
3	Separated, but still legally married
4	Divorced
5	Widowed

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

7.2.4. Individual

Question 6- What is your legal marital status?

[There is an image of question 6]

You need to record the legal marital status of the person, regardless of their marital situation.

Married- Someone legally married and lives with the respective spouse.

Separated, but still legally married- All people who, after getting married have separated but still have not recognized the separation legally or divorce in court or by the Civil Registry.

Divorced- Someone who after being married opted to dissolve the marriage in court or by the Civil Registry (divorce).

[p. 119]

Examples:

If a person is still legally married but is separated from his/her partner without a legal divorce, you should choose "Separated, but still legally married";
If a person lives in a consensual union and their marital status is single, you should choose the option "Single".

[There is an image of zoomed in response for married skip to question 8]

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the legal marital status of the person.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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