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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablea_ynlp14
Labelwhy not living with both biological parents
Responses
-9 missing 0
-8 inapplicable 37142
-7 proxy 3262
-2 refusal 18
-1 don't know 37
1 parents never married or lived together 676
2 one or both parents died 3035
3 parents separated or divorced 5624
97 other 1200
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
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