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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Eight-Year Follow-up, 2008-2009

Variable Details

Variableb8ms
LabelCM'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 and never married 2360
2 Married 5373
3 A Civil Partner (legally-recognised) 28
4 Separated from Spouse 277
5 Divorced 800
6 Widowed 26
7 SPONT: Separated from Civil Partner 1
8 SPONT: A former Civil Partner 1
9 SPONT: A surviving Civil Partner 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Eight-Year Follow-up, 2008-2009
Interviewer InstructionsINCLUDE AS SEPARATED ANY PERSON WHO IS LIVING APART FROM THEIR SPOUSE/CIVIL PARTNER BECAUSE OF ESTRANGMENT. TEMPORARY ABSENCES, WORKING AWAY FROM HOME, VISITING RELATIVES SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED HERE.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All children in England, Scotland and Wales born in one week in 1970
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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