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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, 2010-2012

Variable Details

Variablepp3ystrt
LabelYear started living with 3rd most recent live-in partner(orig: PPYStrt, Hhold Classification)
Question text (I'd like to begin by asking you about the most recent occasion you were married, in a Civil Partnership or living with someone as a couple I'd like to ask you about this occasion/Now I'd like to ask about the second most recent partner that you have lived with/third most recent partner that you have lived with/fourth most recent partner you have lived with/I’d now like to ask you about the first partner you ever lived with.) When did you first start living with (your current/this partner) - in what year?
Responses
-1 Not applicable 14184
1965 1965 or earlier 51
1966 10
1967 9
1968 14
1969 10
1970 16
1971 11
1972 19
1973 7
1974 14
1975 12
1976 14
1977 12
1978 10
1979 10
1980 21
1981 21
1982 25
1983 17
1984 10
1985 14
1986 17
1987 24
1988 21
1989 28
1990 24
1991 19
1992 20
1993 16
1994 19
1995 25
1996 25
1997 19
1998 38
1999 27
2000 24
2001 24
2002 25
2003 23
2004 17
2005 9
2006 15
2007 6
2008 7
2009 3
2010 1
9999 Not answered 175
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, 2010-2012
UniverseAdults aged 16-74 in England, Scotland and Wales, 2010-2012.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The first survey was conducted in 1990-1991 and the second in 2000; the third wave was conducted between 2010 and 2012, and consisted of the main survey and an online follow-up.
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