XII General Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 2000

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Reference ID

MEX_2000_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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Marital status (MX2000A_0437)

Data file: MEX2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 288

End: 288

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Marital status

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Lives with partner in a consensual union
2	Is separated
3	Is divorced
4	Is a widow(er)
5	Married, civil ceremony only
6	Married, religious ceremony only
7	Married, both civil and religious ceremony
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

The following questions should be asked of all people 12 years old or above.

21. Marital Status

This question is meant to find out if the person currently lives in a consensual union, is separated, married, single, or in some other situation, in accordance with the conjugal or marital laws or customs of the country. You should ask the question even if you think that the person is very young.

[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form, and a related drawing]

In Questions 22 To 30 we learn about the women and men 12 complete years of age or older who worked the week prior to the date of the interview, as well as the characteristics of the work they performed

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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