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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Community Life Survey, 2012-2013

Variable Details

VariableMarStat4g
LabelAdult number 1 (respondent): Grouped marital status
Question text Are you/Is (name)... single, that is, never married and never registered a same-sex civil partnership, married and living with [husband/wife], in a same-sex civil partnership and living with your partner, separated, but still legally married, divorced, or widowed, SPONTANEOUS ONLY: Separated, but still legally in a same-sex civil partnership, SPONTANEOUS ONLY: Formerly a same sex civil partner, the civil partnership now legally dissolved, SPONTANEOUS ONLY: A surviving civil partner: his/her partner having since died?
Responses
1 single, that is, never married and never registered in a sam 270
2 married or in same sex civil partnership and living with par 59
3 separated, but still legally married 2
4 divorced 4
5 widowed 5
-9 Refused 0
-8 Don't know 3
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 6572
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationCommunity Life Survey, 2012-2013
Interviewer InstructionsASK THE MARITAL STATUS OF EACH ADULT IN THE HOUSEHOLD THE AIM IS TO OBTAIN THE LEGAL MARITAL STATUS, IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY DE FACTO ARRANGEMENT IF THE RESPONDENT QUERIES THE TERM SEPARATED EXPLAIN THAT IT COVERS ANY PERSON WHOSE LEGAL PARTNER IS LIVING ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF ESTRANGEMENT (WHETHER THE SEPARATION IS LEGAL OR NOT) READ OUT
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:Adults (aged 16 years and over) resident in England, during 2012-2013.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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