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Household Expenditure and Income Survey, HEIS 2013

Jordan, 2013 - 2014
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Reference ID
JOR_2013_HEIS_HD_V4.0
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Marital status [Standardized version] (PMART)

Data file: Jordan13-IND-V4

Overview

Valid: 16748
Valid (weighted): 4225919.889
Invalid: 9097
Invalid (weighted): 2177569.217
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 34
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3658

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 7066 1740742
41.2%
2 Married monogamous 8698 2248379
53.2%
3 Married polygamous 25 4042
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 207 54620
1.3%
5 Widowed 752 178137
4.2%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 9097 2177569
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, a person can be still legally recognized as being in a relationship).
Universe
All individuals aged 15+ years
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 head (male). 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 only generated for the head of the household if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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