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2018 SIPP: Problems with Marital History Data

In a small number of cases, a respondent’s marital status across the months of the reference period (EMS_EHC) is inconsistent with the information in the marital history variables number of times married (EXMAR), year of current marriage (TYRCURRMARR), or year of first marriage (TYRFIRSTMARR). 

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