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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2014

Jordan, 2014
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JOR_EUS_2014_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Jordan14-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 140204
Valid (weighted): 142494.571
Invalid: 76404
Invalid (weighted): 74128.795
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 34
End: 35
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1678

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 52819 52541
36.9%
2 Married monogamous 79752 82144
57.6%
3 Married polygamous 76 70
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 1109 1156
0.8%
5 Widowed 6411 6533
4.6%
99 Not stated 37 50
0%
Sysmiss 76404 74129
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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