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Codes
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Description
Marital status - 1976-1988
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
CAUTION: PEMARITL is the original edited variable and it has 6 categories. It is marsta2. PRMARSTA is the recoded variable. Since it has 7 categories, it is a better match with the earlier years. It is marstat.
These string values in the original data have been recoded as follows:
blank => -9 : Missing
Universe
- All adult records.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 – 1988 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
