Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2010

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
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 2
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 1793
1 single (never married/civil partnership) 1994
2 married and living with husband/wife 3675
3 civil partner (legally recognised civil partnership) 12
4 married and separated from husb/wife 243
5 legally recognised cp and separated from partner 6
6 divorced 640
7 civil partnership now legally dissolved 2
8 widowed 668
9 surviving civil partner 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD A1. CODE FIRST THAT APPLIES.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland, 2010.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study