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World Health Survey 2003

Burkina Faso, 2003
Reference ID
BFA_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Apr 25, 2019
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(HH Head): Marital Status (HHSTATUS)

Data file: HHLD_RECORD

Overview

Valid: 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
The 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.