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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2016

Jordan, 2016
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JOR_EUS_2016_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan16-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 143366
Valid (weighted): 147780.366
Invalid: 71232
Invalid (weighted): 66817.634
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 34
End: 35
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V88

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 56969 56069
37.9%
2 Married monogamous 77446 83195
56.3%
3 Married polygamous 74 65
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 1243 1235
0.8%
5 Widowed 7634 7217
4.9%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 71232 66818
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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