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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Forty-Two-Year Follow-Up, 2012

Variable Details

VariableB9ABCHMS
LabelOlder child marital status
Question text What is [^child’s name46]’s current legal marital status? Is [^he/she47]... Legally separated, Married, 1st and only marriage, Remarried, 2nd or later marriage, Divorced, Widowed, A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership, A former Civil Partner (where Civil Partnership legally dissolved), A surviving Civil Partner (where Civil Partner has died), Single and never married or in a Civil Partnership?
Responses
-3 0
1 Legally separated 5
2 Married, 1st and only marriage 80
3 Remarried, 2nd or later marriage 2
4 Divorced 8
5 Widowed 0
6 A Civil Partner in a leg.recog. CP 9
7 Former Civil Part(CP legal dissolved) 0
8 A surviving Civil Partner(CP died) 0
9 Single and never married or in a CP 312
-9 Refused 1
-8 Don't know 13
-1 Not applicable 6555
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Forty-Two-Year Follow-Up, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD B4
UniverseAll children in England, Scotland and Wales born in one week in 1970;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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