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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2009

Jordan, 2009
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JOR_EUS_2009_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan09-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 160030
Valid (weighted): 163388.775
Invalid: 94358
Invalid (weighted): 90991.346
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 37
End: 38
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1378

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 65371 65997
40.4%
2 Married monogamous 86896 89477
54.8%
3 Married polygamous 280 238
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 1344 1425
0.9%
5 Widowed 6139 6252
3.8%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 94358 90991
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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