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General Census of Population and Housing 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1998
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Central Bureau of the Census, Minnesota Population Center
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Marital status (ML1998A_0432)

Data file: MLI1998-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 213
End: 213
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section B: Individual Characteristics




For persons aged 12 years and above
[Questions 27-28]




27. Marital status

[] 0 Not applicable
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Monogamous (man), first marriage (woman)
[] 3 Polygamous 2 women (man), second marriage (woman)
[] 4 Polygamous 3 women (man), third marriage (woman)
[] 5 Polygamous 4 women (man), fourth marriage (woman)
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Divorced or separated
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Single
2 Monogamous (man), first marriage (woman)
3 Polygamous 2 wives (man), second marriage (woman)
4 Polygamous 3 wives (man), third marriage (woman)
5 Polygamous 4 wives (man), fourth marriage (woman)
6 Widowed
7 Divorced or separated
8 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
1.2.1. Questions for ALL Household Members




1.2.3. Population aged 12 years and more




27. Column P27: Marital status

The marital status of a person is his or her current status with respect to marriage, given the laws and customs of his or her country. Its determination leads to the distribution of the population between: single (never married), married, widowed, divorced.

The question to be asked to the household members, aged 12 year or more, on their marital status is: "Have you ever been married?"

In Column P27, write down the number corresponding to the answer.

[] 1 Single (never married person)
[] 2 Married man, one wife, or married woman, first marriage
[] 3 Married man, two wives (currently), or married woman, second marriage


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[] 4 Married man, three wives (currently), or married woman, third marriage
[] 5 Married man, four wives (currently), or married woman, fourth marriage
[] 6 Widowed person (person for whom the unique marriage or the last marriage was dissolved by the death of the spouse)
[] 7 Divorced or separated (person for whom the one marriage or the last marriage was dissolved by divorce)


N.B. Marital status always refers to the current status of the person [at time of census], equivalent to his or her last situation.

Particular cases:

a. A man who was married to two wives, who lost the first by death and the second by divorce will be noted (7), that is "divorced".

b. A man who was married to two wives, who lost one of the two by death, must be written as "married to one wife", which corresponds to code (2).

c. A man who was married to three wives, who lost one first by divorce and another one by death, will be noted as married to one wife, and therefore will have code (2), since one marriage still exists.

d. A man who was married to only one wife, who died shortly before, will be noted as "widowed", which corresponds to code (6).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's marital status.
Universe
Persons age 12+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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