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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2006

Variable Details

VariableMARITALB
LabelLegal Marital Status
Question text Are you (is he/she)... single, that is never married, married and living with (husband/wife), civil partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership married and separated from (husband/wife), divorced, or, widowed, formerly in a legally recognised civil partnership and separated from civil partner, formerly in a legally recognised civil partnership and civil partnership is now legally dissolved, a surviving civil partner (his/her partner has since died)?
Responses
1 ...single, that is never married, 3558
2 Married and living with husbwife, 7709
3 Civil partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership, 39
4 Married and separated from husbwife, 323
5 Divorced, 1271
6 Or, widowed? 1231
7 @ISpontaneous only@I - in a legally-recognised Civil Partner 5
8 @ISpontaneous only@I - Formerly a civil partner, the Civil P 2
9 @ISpontaneous only@I - A surviving civil partner: hisher par 1
-9 No answer/refused 2
-8 Don't know 1
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 7257
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2006
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 2006. A boost sample of children aged 2-15 was also included.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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