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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991

Variable Details

Variablen502827
LabelCMI:55 C68 CM parents ever permanentlyseparated/divorced
Question text As you can imagine, our records for many people in our study are incomplete. May I check one thing with you? Were your parents ever permanently separated or divorced?
Responses
1 Yes 1702
2 No 9542
3 Parents not together 36
4 Never lkived parents 16
Sysmiss 173
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
Interviewer InstructionsNOTE: 'Parents' means the mother/mother figure and father/father figure who brought respondent up when respondent was a child.
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 33 at the time of NCDS5).;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe);See documentation for further details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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