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Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009
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WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1
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Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health
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Marital status (QH08)

Data file: QHSEC01

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 18
End: 18
Width: 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is (name's) marital status?
Categories
Value Category
1 Currently married/living together
2 Divorced/separated
3 Widowed
4 Never married and never lived together
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.
Interviewer instructions
Column (8) is concerned with the current marital status of respondents who are 15 years or older. Thus, you should not record an answer in Column (8) if the respondent is 14 years or younger.

The coding category 'married or living together' includes both respondents who are legally married and respondents in informal unions. An informal union is one in which the man and woman live together for some time, intending to have a lasting relationship, but do not have a formal civil or religious ceremony.
Question post text
Persons aged 15 years and older

Description

Universe
Persons aged 15 years and older
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