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 (MART)

Data file: Egypt 2006-CENSUS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 4599662

Invalid: 2637727

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 33

End: 34

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never married	1309895	28.5%
2	Married monogamous	2956067	64.3%
3	Married polygamous	6400	0.1%
4	Divorced/Separated	36099	0.8%
5	Widowed	291201	6.3%
99	Not stated	0	0%
Sysmiss		2637727

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 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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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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