Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Ethnicity and Health Teaching Dataset Wave 1, 2009-2010

Variable Details

Variablea_marstat
Labellegal marital status
Responses
-9 missing 0
-8 inapplicable 0
-2 refusal 3
-1 don't know 15
1 single & never married or in legally recog'd civil p'ship 16226
2 married 25851
3 in a registered same-sex civil partnership 90
4 separated but legally married 1324
5 divorced 4332
6 widowed 3137
7 separated from civil partner 11
8 an ex-civil partner,civil p'ship legally dissolved 1
9 surviving civil partner (partner died) 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Ethnicity and Health Teaching Dataset Wave 1, 2009-2010
UniverseAround 50,000 16-43 year olds living in the UK who participated in adult interviews during the first wave of Understanding Society, 2009-10.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort