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Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 2017

Palestine, 2016 - 2017
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Reference ID
PAL_PECS_2017_HD_V3.0
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Marital status [Standardized version] (PMART)

Data file: Palestine17-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 14110
Valid (weighted): 14101.703
Invalid: 6075
Invalid (weighted): 6518.66
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 36
End: 37
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3132

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 6170 6039
42.8%
2 Married monogamous 7274 7392
52.4%
3 Married polygamous 18 11
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 171 191
1.4%
5 Widowed 476 469
3.3%
99 Not stated 1 1
0%
Sysmiss 6075 6519
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, a person can be still legally recognized as being in a relationship).
Universe
All individuals aged 12+ years
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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

Others

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 head (male). 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 only generated for the head of the household if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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