Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

current marital status (hhd_q32)

Data file: NCSS 2012 HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 16837

invd 48

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is (NAME'S) current marital status?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	never married & never lived together	3989	23.7%
2	married or living together	6545	38.9%
3	divorced	185	1.1%
4	separated	349	2.1%
5	widowed	198	1.2%
9	not applicable	4672	27.7%
9999995	missing:impute	899	5.3%
Sysmiss		48

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 pretext

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

Column (32) is concerned with the current marital status of respondents who are 12 years or older. Thus, you should not record an answer in Column (32) if the respondent is 11 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, traditional or religious marriage ceremony. If someone reports they are 'single' you need to probe to make sure they are not cohabiting with a partner. Single should mean never married and never cohabited. Divorced persons have formally ended their union usually through legal or other processes. Separated persons have not formally ended their union while widowed persons have lost their spouse through death and have not remarried since.

Description

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Member's current marital status

Universe

All household members aged 12+ years according to hhd_q7