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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2013

Jordan, 2013
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JOR_EUS_2013_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan13-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 143030
Valid (weighted): 145741.422
Invalid: 79149
Invalid (weighted): 76442.562
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 32
End: 33
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1230

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 55464 55312
38%
2 Married monogamous 79830 82611
56.7%
3 Married polygamous 115 101
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 1104 1202
0.8%
5 Widowed 6443 6438
4.4%
99 Not stated 74 78
0.1%
Sysmiss 79149 76443
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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