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World Health Survey 2003

Burkina Faso, 2003
Reference ID
BFA_2003_WHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Apr 25, 2019
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C06 - Marital Status (STATUS)

Data file: PERSON_RECORD

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is ___'s marital (civil) status?
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married/Living Together
3 Widowed
4 Divorced/Separated
5 Unknown
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
A person is single if he has never been married, or whose marriage has been
annulled.

Married is the marital status of a person who has been united in matrimony with another person of opposite sex through a religious or civil rites, or who lives together consensually with another as husband or wife. To be considered married, the couple must still be living together; or, if living apart from each other, the separation must only be temporary.

A person whose marriage has been annulled will be considered as single.

Report as widowed a person who has been married before; whether formally or
consensually, if his marital partner has died. In case the widowed has remarried, his marital status is married.

A person is considered divorced/separated, if the partner has left permanently, with or without legal sanctions.
Universe
All family members