Community Survey 2016

South Africa, 2016

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zaf-statssa-cs-2016-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Population Censuses and Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2017

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Marital Status (MaritalStat)

Data file: cs-2016-person.dta

Overview

Valid: 3328867

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 50

loc_end_pos: 50

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Legally married (include customary; traditional; religious e	659984	19.8%
2	Living together like husband and wife/partners	193550	5.8%
3	Divorced	38178	1.1%
4	Separated; but still legally married	14536	0.4%
5	Widowed	132345	4%
6	Single; but have been living together with someone as husban	118936	3.6%
7	Single; and have never lived together as husband/wife/partne	1367653	41.1%
8	Not applicable	802558	24.1%
9	Unspecified	1127	0%

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.

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