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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2005

Jordan, 2005 - 2006
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JOR_EUS_2005_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan05-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 133055
Valid (weighted): 135783.078
Invalid: 83581
Invalid (weighted): 80844.27
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 34
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V307

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 58224 58469
43.1%
2 Married monogamous 69030 71297
52.5%
3 Married polygamous 311 242
0.2%
4 Divorced/Separated 789 916
0.7%
5 Widowed 4701 4860
3.6%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 83581 80844
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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