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National Survey on Household Budget, Consumption and Standard of Living, EBCNV 2005

Tunisia, 2005 - 2006
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TUN_EBCNV_2005_HD_V2.0
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Economic Research Forum, National Institute of Statistics - Tunisia
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Marital status [Standardized version] (PMART)

Data file: Tunisia05-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 56945
Valid (weighted): 10031282
Invalid: 2
Invalid (weighted): 363
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 30
End: 31
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3632

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 32326 5613139
56%
2 Married monogamous 21752 3908606
39%
3 Married polygamous 0 0
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 451 82056
0.8%
5 Widowed 2416 427481
4.3%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 2 363
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
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 head (male). For the other individuals we consider those having the status married as monogamous.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Multiple spouse is forbidden in Tunisia by law as a result the category "Married polygamous" is never identified
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