Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMARSTA
LabelMarital status
Question text Are you currently... 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 or 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 44731
2 Married, living with spouse 39985
3 Married separated from spouse 2068
4 Divorced 6585
5 Widowed 3695
6 Currently or previously in civil partnership 208
7 Separated Civil Partner 0
8 Former Civil Partner, legally dissolved 0
9 Surviving Civil Partner, partner died 0
-9 Does not apply 2
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsRUNNING PROMPT. CODE 1ST THAT APPLIES. ASK OR RECORD.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.