III Censo de Población y II de Vivienda 1974 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1974

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Reference ID

ECU_1974_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina de Censos Nacionales, Junta Nacional dePlanificación, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Marital status (EC1974A_0425)

Data file: ECU1974-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 176

End: 176

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

E. Marital status

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Consensual union
2	Single
3	Married
4	Divorced
5	Widowed
6	Separated
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

D. Marital and fertility characteristics

[This is the second section D. in the enumerator's manual. On the enumeration form, this section has the title "fertility characteristics."]

Question No. 21

[The following directions refer to a graphic representing question 21, "what is your marital or conjugal status?", in this section of the enumeration form.]

Read each one of the alternatives and ask all members of the census household who are 12 or older in which of them they classify themselves. Mark the corresponding box.

[Note that this question corresponds to question 19 (in section E. marital status) on the enumeration form. The enumeration form includes two response options ("separated" and "unknown") that do not appear in the enumerator's manual.]

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the marital status of the person.

Universe

Persons age 12+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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