Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableMARSTA
LabelMarital status
Question text Are you single, that is never married, married and living with husband/wife, a civil partner in a legally recognised civil partnership, married and separated from husband/wife, divorced, widowed, Spontaneous only – in a legally recognised Civil Partnership and separated from 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
1 Single, never married 53389
2 Married, living with husband/wife 50145
3 Married, separated from husband/wife 2441
4 Divorced 7694
5 Widowed 7005
6 Civil Partner 143
7 Separated Civil Partner 8
8 Former Civil Partner, legally dissolved 3
9 Surviving Civil Partner, partner died 1
-10 No answer/Does not apply 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1ST THAT APPLIES.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.