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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Expenditure and Food Survey, 2003-2004

Variable Details

Variablemarstat
Labellegal marital status
Question text Are you/Is (person) single, that is never been married; married and living with husband/wife; married and separated from husband/wife; divorced or widowed?
Responses
1 single, that is, never married 3687
2 married and living with your husband wif 7072
3 married and separated from your husband 370
4 divorced 1006
5 or widowed? 988
Sysmiss 3842
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationExpenditure and Food Survey, 2003-2004
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom during 2003-2004
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The 2001-2002 survey is the first in the annual EFS series.
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