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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2010

Jordan, 2010
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JOR_EUS_2010_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan10-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 156390
Valid (weighted): 159564.832
Invalid: 91147
Invalid (weighted): 87972.168
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 38
End: 39
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1250

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 63372 63786
40%
2 Married monogamous 85524 88251
55.3%
3 Married polygamous 224 173
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 1290 1384
0.9%
5 Widowed 5980 5971
3.7%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 91147 87972
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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