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Sexto Censo de Población y Segundo de Vivienda de Panamá 1960 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1960
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PAN_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Departamento de Censos, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Marital status (PA1960A_0406)

Data file: PAN1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 146
End: 146
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. Marital status:

Mark the appropriate box: Consensual union: lives in a marital union without being married. Single: has never been married and does not live in a marital union. Married: has contracted matrimony, whether living with the spouse or not. Widowed: has neither remarried nor lives in a marital union. Divorced: legally separated.

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Single
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
Categories
Value Category
1 Consensual union
2 Single
3 Married
4 Widowed
5 Divorced
6 Dropped in
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
(Applicable to persons of all ages)
(Questions 1-10)




Question 5 Marital status:

Mark the corresponding box applying the following definitions:

In Union: A person who lives in marital union without being married, that is to say, is not legally married, by Law or by the Church.
Single: A person who has never been married nor lives in marital [consensual] union, that is to say, has no spouse or companion.


[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 5 of the census form.]

[p. 36]


Married: A person who is legally married whether or not the spouse lives with the person.
Widowed: A person who has not married again and is not consensually united.
Divorced: A person who is legally separated and is not consensually united.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the marital status of the person.
Universe
Persons not in indigenous groups

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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