Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982

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PRY_1982_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 (PY1982A_0429)

Data file: PRY1982-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 234

End: 234

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. What is your current marital status?

Only for those 12 years of age and older

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated or divorced
[] 5 Single

Categories

Value	Category
1	Married
2	Consensual union
3	Widowed
4	Separated or divorced
5	Single
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

Question 11. What is your current marital status?

Do not forget that this question is only for persons age 12 and above.

Read each of the options and then make an X in the corresponding box.

[A depiction of question 11 to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]

Remember that:

Married: A person who has entered into a civil and/or religious marriage bond, and currently lives in that bond.
United: A person who lives with their spouse without having entered a civil and/or religious marriage bond.
Widow: A person who, after the death of their spouse, has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.
Separated or divorced: A person who is legally separated from their spouse and who has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.
Single: A person who has never been married, nor lives in a de facto or free union. [Free union refers to category "united"].

[A drawing representing marital status is omitted here.]

Description

Definition

This variable identifies the person's marital status.

Universe

Persons age 12+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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