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Labor Force Survey January 1991
Philippines, 1991
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-LFS-1991Q1-v01
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National Statistics Office
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Marital Status (MSTAT)
Data File: 1991jan
Overview
vald
78556
vald
45071904.8
invd
58330
invd
13434924.8
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
1 - 5
Questions and instructions
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 20888202 | 46.3% | |
2 | 22014172 | 48.8% | |
3 | 1919394 | 4.3% | |
4 | 233181 | 0.5% | |
5 | 16953 | 0% | |
Sysmiss | 13434924 |
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.
In column 6, enter only the code for marital status. The categories for marital status and their corresponding codes are as follows:
1 - Single 2 - Married
3 - Widowed
4 - Divorced/Separate 5 - Unknown
A person is single if he has never been married.
Married is the marital status of a person who has been united in matrimony with another person of opposite sex through a religious or civil rites, or who lives together consensually with another as husband or wife. To be considered married, the couple must still be living together; or, if living apart from each other, the separation must only be temporary.
Report as widowed a person who has been married before; whether formally or consensually, if his marital partner has died; or as separated if the partner has left permanently, with or without legal sanctions.
Avoid antagonizing the respondent; do not refute the reported marital status of any member.
1 - Single 2 - Married
3 - Widowed
4 - Divorced/Separate 5 - Unknown
A person is single if he has never been married.
Married is the marital status of a person who has been united in matrimony with another person of opposite sex through a religious or civil rites, or who lives together consensually with another as husband or wife. To be considered married, the couple must still be living together; or, if living apart from each other, the separation must only be temporary.
Report as widowed a person who has been married before; whether formally or consensually, if his marital partner has died; or as separated if the partner has left permanently, with or without legal sanctions.
Avoid antagonizing the respondent; do not refute the reported marital status of any member.
Description
Marital status refers to the personal status of each individual with reference to the marriage law or customs of the country. It is the same as the "civil status", the term usually used in official and private records, documents, transactions, and others in the country.
Members of the household aged 10 years old and over.
Concept
Name | Vocabulary | URI |
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The categories for marital status and their corresponding codes are as follows: 1 Single 2 Married 3 Widowed 4 Divorced/separated 5 Unknown A person is single if he has never been married. Married is the marital status of a person who has been united in matrimony with another person of opposite sex through a religious or civil rites, or who lives together consensually with another as husband or wife. To be considered married, the couple must still be living together; or, if living apart from each other, the separation must only be temporary. Report as widowed a person who has been married before; whether formally or consensually, if his marital partner has died; or as separated if the partner has left permanently, with or without legal sanctions. |