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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2007

Jordan, 2007
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JOR_EUS_2007_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan07-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 165228
Valid (weighted): 168374.157
Invalid: 100047
Invalid (weighted): 96900.843
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 35
End: 36
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2381

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 69305 69152
41.1%
2 Married monogamous 88512 91625
54.4%
3 Married polygamous 318 251
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 1106 1228
0.7%
5 Widowed 5987 6118
3.6%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 100047 96901
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.

Description

Definition
Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).
Universe
Individuals aged 15+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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There is no polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the male head. For the other individuals, we consider those having the status married as monogamous.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The "married polygamous" category was generated for the head of the household only if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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