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Household Expenditure and Income Survey, HEIS 2006

Jordan, 2006 - 2007
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Reference ID
JOR_2006_HEIS_HD_V2.0
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (PMART)

Data file: Jordan06-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 10654
Valid (weighted): 3416346.396
Invalid: 6282
Invalid (weighted): 2048600.06
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 34
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2408

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 4720 1476868
43.2%
2 Married monogamous 5374 1770602
51.8%
3 Married polygamous 29 8469
0.2%
4 Divorced/Separated 97 31171
0.9%
5 Widowed 434 129237
3.8%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 6282 2048600
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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