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Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 2004

Palestine, 2004 - 2005
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Reference ID
PAL_PECS_2004_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: Palestine04-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 13387
Valid (weighted): 13325.428
Invalid: 7198
Invalid (weighted): 7250.206
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 29
End: 30
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2403

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 6015 5946
44.6%
2 Married monogamous 6746 6772
50.8%
3 Married polygamous 37 33
0.2%
4 Divorced/Separated 128 120
0.9%
5 Widowed 461 455
3.4%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 7198 7250
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 12+ years
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

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 exceed "1".
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