code	label	br1960a	br1970a	br1980a
rectype	MARST	P	P	P
columns	Marital status	36	24	42
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svar		BR60A417	BR70A418	BR80A426
	ipums code	source code	source code	source code
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100	SINGLE/NEVER MARRIED	0 = Single	5 = single	5 = Single
100	"	B =
100	"		B =	B = Single
100	"
101	Never married
101	"
102	Single, previously in a consensual union
103	Single, previously in a religious marriage
200	MARRIED/IN UNION
210	Married (not specified)
211	Civil	7 = Only civil marriage	2 = only civil marriage	2 = Civil marriage only
212	Religious	8 = Only religious marriage	3 = only religious marriage	3 = Religious marriage only
213	Civil and religious	6 = Civil and religious marriage	1 = civil and religious marriage	1 = Civil and religious marriage
214	Polygamous
220	Consensual union	9 = Living maritally	4 = consensual or other	4 = Other
300	SEPARATED/DIVORCED/SPOUSE ABSENT
310	Separated or divorced
320	Separated
321	Legally separated	2 = Legally separated (desquitado)	7 = Legally separated (desquitado)	7 = Separated/left (desquitado)
322	De facto separated	1 = Separated	6 = Separated	6 = Separated
330	Divorced	3 = Divorced	8 = Divorced	8 = Divorced
340	Married, spouse absent (n.s.)
341	MSA, civil
342	MSA, religious
343	MSA, civil and religious
344	MSA, polygamous
350	Consensual union, spouse absent
400	WIDOWED	4 = Widower	9 = widower	0 = Widower
999	UNKNOWN/MISSING	5 = Don't know
999	"
999	"		0 = no declaration	9 = No answer/left blank
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