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National Survey on Population and Employment, ENPE 2012

Tunisia, 2012
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TUN_ENPE_2012_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, National Institute of Statistics - Tunisia
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Tunisia 2012-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 497037
Valid (weighted): 10757750.23
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 34
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V521

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 266292 5887639
54.7%
2 Married monogamous 206798 4405378
41%
3 Married polygamous 0 0
0%
4 Divorced/Separated 3435 79459
0.7%
5 Widowed 20512 385274
3.6%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
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, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).
Universe
All individuals
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 male head. 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 generated for the head of the household only if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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