Codes and Frequencies
| Code | Label |
hungar
1970
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Single (never married) | 192,950 |
| 2 | Married | 270,938 |
| 3 | Widowed | 38,812 |
| 4 | Divorced | 12,419 |
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Description
This variable indicates the respondent's marital status.
Universe
- Hungary 1970: All persons
Availability
- Hungary: 1970
Questionnaire Text
I. General Data of the Person Enumerated
[Questions 1-10.]
[Questions 1-10.]
4. Marital status
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
4. Marital status
In recording the marital status the actual legal situation should be marked:
"Never married" is the persons in case he/she has never had a marriage;
The person is "married" in case he/she has bound a legal marriage, the marriage had not been dissolved legally and his/her spouse is alive. The married couples might live together or separated from each-other;
"Widowed" is the person in case his/her spouse had deceased and he/she did not make a new match;
"Divorced" is the person provided his/her marriage had been legally dissolved with a final judgment, and he/she did not wed again.
The person is "married" in case he/she has bound a legal marriage, the marriage had not been dissolved legally and his/her spouse is alive. The married couples might live together or separated from each-other;
"Widowed" is the person in case his/her spouse had deceased and he/she did not make a new match;
"Divorced" is the person provided his/her marriage had been legally dissolved with a final judgment, and he/she did not wed again.
Marital status of the persons living together without wedding will be defined according to their actual legal status. For example, in the case of a never married woman living with a married man, the marital status of the partners will be marked as never married and married respectively.