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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2006

Jordan, 2006 - 2007
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JOR_EUS_2006_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan06-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 132225
Valid (weighted): 135011.928
Invalid: 80383
Invalid (weighted): 77593.657
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 34
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V157

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 58192 58341
43.2%
2 Married monogamous 67882 70411
52.2%
3 Married polygamous 299 217
0.2%
4 Divorced/Separated 953 1072
0.8%
5 Widowed 4899 4971
3.7%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 80383 77594
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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