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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2011

Jordan, 2011
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JOR_EUS_2011_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan11-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 152759
Valid (weighted): 156183.597
Invalid: 87364
Invalid (weighted): 83948.384
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 37
End: 38
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1531

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 61364 61635
39.5%
2 Married monogamous 83769 86892
55.6%
3 Married polygamous 217 174
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 1269 1374
0.9%
5 Widowed 6074 6035
3.9%
99 Not stated 66 73
0%
Sysmiss 87364 83948
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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