XVI National Population and V de Housing Census1993 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994

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Reference ID

COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Marital status (CO1993A_0425)

Data file: COL1993-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 203

End: 203

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

F3. Ask these questions of all persons who are ten years old or more.

36. He/she is currently. . .

[] 1 In a consensual union
[] 2 Separated
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Married
[] 5 Single

Categories

Value	Category
1	Consensual union
2	Separated
3	Widowed
4	Married
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

F3. Ask these questions to all persons 10 years old or older

36. Currently [the respondent] is:

This question refers to the civil or conjugal state of a person at the moment of the census. That is to say, the personal state of each individual in relation to the laws or customs of the country about matrimony.

[Below the text is a form.]

Take into account the following criteria:

In consensual union
Persons are in this category who, at the moment of the census, live in marital union and have constituted a family, without existing civil or religious marital ties. This union should be of stable character.

Separated or divorced
A person whose union (married or free union) has been dissolved by legal or de facto means and have not married again and do not live in free union.

Widowed
A person who was married or in free union and has not married again and does not live in free union after the death of their last spouse.

Married
It includes persons who have been legally married according to the religions of any creed (Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, etc.) or according to civil law (in front of a judge or notary) and who at the moment of the census live in this state.

Single
Persons who never have married and do not live in free union are considered singles.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the marital status of the person.

Universe

Persons age 10+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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