XI General Population and Housing Census 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 1990

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Reference ID

MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 22, 2011

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Marital status (MX1990A_0425)

Data file: MEX1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 206

End: 206

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more

12. Civil Status

What is the current civil status of this person? Mark with an X one circle only.

[ ] 1 Consensual union
[ ] 2 Married with civil and religious ceremonies
[ ] 3 Married only with civil marriage
[ ] 4 Married only with religious ceremony
[ ] 5 Separated
[ ] 6 Divorced
[ ] 7 Widowed
[ ] 8 Single

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Consensual union
2	Married, both civil and religious ceremonies
3	Married, civil ceremony only
4	Married, religious ceremony only
5	Separated
6	Divorced
7	Widowed
8	Single
9	Not specified

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

Questions for persons who are twelve years old or more.

Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.

12. Civil status

You should always ask this question, even if you consider the person to be very young. What is important is to know the civil status of the person being interviewed at the census moment, according to the conjugal or marriage laws or customs of the country.

[Illustration]
-I was married, but I got divorced and now I live with Sara, even though we are not married.
Free union [x] 1
[End of illustration]

Description

Definition

This variable indicates marital status.

Universe

Persons age 12+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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