Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2005

Variable Details

Variablemarital
LabelMarital status
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, 2187
2 Married and living with husbwife, 5674
3 Married and separated from husbwife, 231
4 Divorced, 804
5 Or, widowed? 1404
-9 No answer/refused 3
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 2994
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD. CODE FIRST THAT APPLIES.
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2005. Boost samples of children aged 2-15 and people aged 65 years and over were also included.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.