National Core Welfare Indicators Survey, 2006
Third edition
Nigeria, 2006
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Marital status (B5)
Data file: Individual set of data
Overview
Valid:
376323
Invalid:
41
Type:
Discrete
Start:
20
End:
20
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
WRITE DOWN THE NAMES OF ALL PERSONS WHO NORMALLY LIVE AND EAT TOGETHER IN THIS HOUSEHOLD, STARTING WITH THE HEAD.
Literal question
B.5 What is [NAME]'s marital status?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| . | 123019 |
32.7%
|
|
| 1 | Married (monogamous) | 92906 |
24.7%
|
| 2 | Married (polygamous) | 41647 |
11.1%
|
| 3 | Informal or loose union | 993 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | Divorced | 1200 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Separated | 2473 |
0.7%
|
| 6 | Widowed | 9689 |
2.6%
|
| 7 | Never married | 104396 |
27.7%
|
| ? | 41 |
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.
Question post text
IF PERSON IS OVER AGE 17 GO TO NEXT PERSON