National Population Census 2001, Tenth Census
Nepal, 2001
Central Bureau of Statistics
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Marital status (q11_msta)
Data file: smplpi02
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is ... marital status ?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Never Married/ Single |
| 2 | Married (Single Spouse) |
| 3 | Married (Multiple Spouse) |
| 4 | Re-married |
| 5 | Widow/Widower |
| 6 | Divorced |
| 7 | Separated |
| 9 | Not Reported |
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.
var_qstn_ivuinstr
The answer category 1 mentioned above is the never married in the life time. But categories 2 to 7 is the status of once married and also are the different marital status of the marriage.
Question pretext
Only for person 10 years and above
Question post text
Codes must b encircled according to the marital status of the person.
1 [Never married] -> 15
1 [Never married] -> 15
Description
Definition
Any women or men in marital relation in any time of his/her life cycle by marriage law or by social or ritual norms of the country or by understanding is called marriage. If the married couple are living together with marital relation (same place or in different place with understanding) in the time of enumeration, then it is said to be marriage.
Universe
Persons aged 10 years and above