Censo de Población y Viviendas 1962 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1962

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PRY_1962_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Marital status (PY1962A_0416)

Data file: PRY1962-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 143

End: 143

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

General characteristics

For individuals of all ages

5. Marital status:

Mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Single

Married:

[] 2 Civil and religious ceremony
[] 3 Civil ceremony only

[] 4 Consensual union
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced

Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married, civil and religious ceremonies
3	Married, civil ceremony only
4	Consensual union
5	Widowed
6	Divorced
9	Unknown

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

Item V: Marriage status

134 - Annotate the case in the corresponding box, in accordance with the following definitions:

Single: Has never been married and does not live in a consensual union.
Married: Has entered marital bonds, maintains that state, and does not live in a consensual union.
Consensual union: Live in a marital union without having married.
Widow: Having been married, survives the other spouse and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.
Divorcee: Has terminated their marital bond with their spouse by judicial decree and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.

[pg. 20]

135 - In the cases in which the first and last name of a woman (Item 1) who declares themselves as married, does not include the last name of the husband, the enumerator should make sure if the marital state given is the true one, basing themselves on the other information obtained.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's marital status.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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