Census of Population and Housing -1971
Sri Lanka, 1970 - 1971
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPH-1971-v1.0
Producer(s)
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7.Marital Status (MARITALSTATUSQ_12)
Data file: POP71
Overview
Valid:
12618542
Invalid:
1
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
6
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
26
End:
26
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 6
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Married | 7823039 |
62%
|
| 2 | Married (Registered) | 3531934 |
28%
|
| 3 | Married (Customary) | 798105 |
6.3%
|
| 4 | Widowed | 424639 |
3.4%
|
| 5 | Legally Seperated | 20705 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Divorced | 20120 |
0.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 1 |
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.