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Household Expenditure and Income Survey, HEIS 2008

Jordan, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
JOR_2008_HEIS_HD_V2.0
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: Jordan08-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 9931
Valid (weighted): 3748456.57
Invalid: 5511
Invalid (weighted): 2048998.392
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 32
End: 33
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2408

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 4368 1628571
43.4%
2 Married monogamous 5069 1938057
51.7%
3 Married polygamous 19 6983
0.2%
4 Divorced/Separated 82 30546
0.8%
5 Widowed 393 144299
3.8%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 5511 2048998
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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