Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2014

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 48737
2 Married, living with spouse 41670
3 Married separated from spouse 2199
4 Divorced 6879
5 Widowed 3568
6 Currently or previously in civil partnership 216
7 Separated Civil Partner 0
8 Former Civil Partner, legally dissolved 0
9 Surviving Civil Partner, partner died 0
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsRUNNING PROMPT. CODE 1ST THAT APPLIES. ASK OR RECORD.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.