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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Life After a Death: a Study of the Elderly Widowed, 1979

Variable Details

Variablelongill
Labelhow spouse ill before died a22
Responses
0 not ill at all 18
1 less than a week 14
2 1 week < 1 month 18
3 1 month < 3 months 22
4 3 months < 6 months 20
5 6 months < 1 year 19
6 1 year < 2 years 29
7 2 years < 5 years 85
8 5 years < 10 years 52
9 10 years or more 81
Sysmiss 390
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLife After a Death: a Study of the Elderly Widowed, 1979
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