v501 // Marital Status

Marital Status

Current marital / cohabiting status

attributes

datasetdhs · Demographic and Health Surveys (Standard DHS, Individual Recode)
typecategorical
rolecontrol
data fileir
keywordsmaritalmarriage

Same concept in other datasets

datasetvariablelabeltype
acs2022MARMarital Statuscategorical
cps_asec_2023A_MARITLMarital Statuscategorical
elsa2018couple9Couple Statusbinary
gsoepd11104Marital Statuscategorical
gss2022maritalMarital Statuscategorical
hrs2018QB063Marital Statuscategorical
nhanes2018DMDMARTLMarital Statuscategorical
nlsy97CV_MARSTAT_COLLAPSED_2019Marital Status 2019categorical
psid2019ER72445Marital Status of Headcategorical
share_w8mstatMarital Statuscategorical
ukhlsmarstat_dvMarital Status (Derived)categorical

Used in these research designs

Female education and fertility (CEB)control
Wealth gradient in child mortalitycontrol