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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2009

Variable Details

Variablemarital8
LabelMarital status
Question text Please look at this card and tell me your marital status? Single, that is never married or never formed a legally recognised civil partnership, married and living with (husband/wife), a civil partner in a legally recognised civil partnership married and separated from (husband/wife), in a legally recognised civil partnership and separated from your civil partner, divorced, formerly a civil partner, the civil partnership now legally dissolved, widowed, or, a surviving civil partner, your partner having since died.
Responses
1 single (never married/civil partnership) 1851
2 married and living with husband/wife 4083
3 civil partner (legally recognised civil partnership) 36
4 married and separated from husb/wife 266
5 legally recognised cp and separated from partner 11
6 divorced 585
7 civil partnership now legally dissolved 4
8 widowed 692
9 surviving civil partner 3
-9 refused 0
-8 don't know 0
-2 schedule not applicable 0
-1 item not applicable 2607
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD A1. CODE FIRST THAT APPLIES.
UniverseAdults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland, 2009.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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