Codes and Frequencies
| Code | Label |
paragu
1982
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Married | 78,427 |
| 2 | Consensual union | 20,186 |
| 3 | Widowed | 5,427 |
| 4 | Separated or divorced | 2,217 |
| 5 | Single | 92,778 |
| 8 | Unknown | 1,843 |
| 9 | NIU (not in universe) | 100,704 |
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Description
This variable identifies the person's marital status.
Universe
- Paraguay 1982: Persons age 12+
Availability
- Paraguay: 1982
Questionnaire Text
11. What is your current marital status?
Only for those 12 years of age and older
[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated or divorced
[] 5 Single
[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated or divorced
[] 5 Single
Question 11. What is your current marital status?
Do not forget that this question is only for persons age 12 and above.
Read each of the options and then make an X in the corresponding box.
[A depiction of question 11 to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]
Remember that:
Married: A person who has entered into a civil and/or religious marriage bond, and currently lives in that bond.
United: A person who lives with their spouse without having entered a civil and/or religious marriage bond.
Widow: A person who, after the death of their spouse, has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.
Separated or divorced: A person who is legally separated from their spouse and who has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.
Single: A person who has never been married, nor lives in a de facto or free union. [Free union refers to category "united"].
[A drawing representing marital status is omitted here.]