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Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 1997

Palestine, 1997
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Reference ID
PAL_PECS_1997_HD_V2.0
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Marital status [Standardized version] (PMART)

Data file: Palestine97-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 13177
Valid (weighted): 13192.185
Invalid: 10011
Invalid (weighted): 10016.604
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 26
End: 27
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2377

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 4902 4905
37.2%
2 Married monogamous 7534 7551
57.2%
3 Married polygamous 51 50
0.4%
4 Divorced/Separated 97 97
0.7%
5 Widowed 593 589
4.5%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 10011 10017
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 14+ 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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