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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit

Variable Details

Variablen8MS
Label[MS11] CM's legal marital status
Question text What is your current legal marital status? (Please tell me if your status relates to a legally recognised Civil Partnership.) Are you... single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership, married, a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership, separated from spouse, divorced, widowed?
Responses
1 Single & never married/ never in legally recognised Civil Pa 1044
2 Married 6729
3 A Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership 14
4 Separated from Spouse 315
5 Divorced 1514
6 Widowed 137
7 (Spontaneous): Separated from Civil Partner 3
8 (Spontaneous): A former Civil Partner, the Civil Pship legal 1
9 (Spontaneous): A surviving Civil Partner (your partner havin 1
-9 Refused 0
-8 Don't know 1
-1 Item not applicable 31
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults in Great Britain born in one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 50 at the time of NCDS8).
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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