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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2008

Jordan, 2008
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JOR_EUS_2008_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan08-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 163071
Valid (weighted): 166565.222
Invalid: 96983
Invalid (weighted): 93503.154
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 34
End: 35
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1525

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 67711 68177
40.9%
2 Married monogamous 87776 90482
54.3%
3 Married polygamous 276 225
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 1230 1382
0.8%
5 Widowed 6078 6299
3.8%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 96983 93503
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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