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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2013-2014

Yemen, 2013 - 2014
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YEM_LFS_2013_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, ILO Regional Office for Arab States, Central Statistical Organization
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Yemen 2013-2014-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 62314
Invalid: 23536
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 30
End: 31
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never married 29610
47.5%
2 Married monogamous 30129
48.4%
3 Married polygamous 193
0.3%
4 Divorced/Separated 596
1%
5 Widowed 1786
2.9%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 23536
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
Individuals aged 10+
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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