Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2008

Jordan, 2008

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JOR_EUS_2008_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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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

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

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)

Others

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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