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General Census for Population, Housing and Establishments 2006

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006
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EGY_POP_CENSUS_2006_V1.0
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Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Marital status of the head (MARTHD)

Data file: Egypt 2006-CENSUS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 1727935
Invalid: 978
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 48
End: 49
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never married 48125
2.8%
2 Married monogamous 1444954
83.6%
3 Married polygamous 6400
0.4%
4 Divorced/Separated 17967
1%
5 Widowed 210489
12.2%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 978
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 of the head.
Universe
Heads aged 18+
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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This variable should not be imputed for household members for whom the information was not collected (i.e. it can only be generated for those to whom the question was asked since the youngest age at which the information is collected may differ depending on the survey).
Married only refers to formal marriages (including legally married).
Polygamous unions include males with multiple spouses. The number of spouses in the household can be used to indicate polygamy.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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