Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Integrated Household Survey, January - December, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMarSta
LabelLegal marital status
Question text Are you currently... single, that is never married, married and living with your husband/wife, a civil partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership, married and separated from your 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 85444
2 Married, living with spouse 142228
3 Married separated from spouse 7112
4 Divorced 23128
5 Widowed 17942
6 Currently or previously in civil partnership 668
7 Spontaneous only - In a legally-recognis 0
8 Spontaneous only - Formerly a civil part 0
9 Spontaneous only - A surviving civil par 0
-9 Under 16 65664
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationIntegrated Household Survey, January - December, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsAsk or record, Running prompt - Code first that applies
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:Persons resident in the UK in private households, and young people living away from the parental home in student halls of residence or similar institutions during term time.
SamplingEach of the surveys comprising the IHS have their own sampling design, meaning that the IHS includes clustered and non-clustered, multistage and single stage component samples and also cross-sectional and longitudinal data.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study