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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2006

Variable Details

VariableMarSta
LabelLegal marital status
Question text Are you currently... single, that is, never married, married and living with your husband/wife, a civil partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership, married and separated from your husband/wife, divorced, or widowed, SPONTANEOUS ONLY – In a legally-recognised Civil Partnership and separated his/her civil partner, SPONTANEOUS ONLY – Formerly a civil partner, the Civil Partnership now legally dissolved, SPONTANEOUS ONLY – A surviving civil partner: his/her partner having since died?
Responses
-9 DNA 0
-8 NA 0
-6 CHILD/MS/PROXY 4710
1 single - never married 4958
2 married and living with spouse 9960
3 married and separated from spouse 398
4 divorced 1533
5 widowed 1351
6 in legally-recognised Civil Partnership 12
7 spont only - CP but separated 1
8 spont only - formerly CP now dissolved 0
9 spont only - surviving CP partner died 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD. CODE FIRST THAT APPLIES.
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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