Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2000

Variable Details

Variablemarital
LabelLegal Marital Status (General Population sample)
Question text Are you (is he/she) single, that is never married; married and living with husband/wife, married and separated from husband/wife, divorced, or, widowed?
Responses
1 ...single, that is never married, 1960
2 Married and living with husbwife, 4500
3 Married and separated from husbwife, 196
4 Divorced, 627
5 Or, widowed? 699
-9 Refusal (8) 4
-8 Don't know (9) 2
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 4425
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2000
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 2-15 years) living in private households, and a separate sample of older people (aged 65 years and over) resident in care homes, in England in the year 2000.;Adults;Children;Elderly;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.