Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2012-2013

Variable Details

VariableMARSTT
LabelMarital Status
Question text Are you/is person? 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, Widowed, In a legally-recognised Civil Partnership and separated from his/her civil partner, Formerly a civil partner, the Civil Partnership now legally dissolved, A surviving civil partner: his/her partner having since died?
Responses
0 Question not asked 0
1 Single, that is never married 3207
2 Married and living with husband\wife 2762
4 Married and separated from husband\wife 178
5 Divorced 241
6 Widowed 329
7 Civil Partner or Former Civil Partner 3
-3 Refused 1
-1 Dont know 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2012-2013
Interviewer InstructionsRUNNING PROMPT - CODE FIRST THAT APPLIES
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Private households in Northern Ireland.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The CHS is based on a systematic random sample of addresses drawn each year from the Land and Property Services Agency’s (LPSA) list of domestic addresses. The LPSA addresses are sorted by district council and ward, so the sample is effectively stratified geographically. Data is collected by personal interview using CAPI, and the interviews are spread equally over the 12 months from April to March.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually