Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2024

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 21609
2 Married, living with husbandwife 22353
3 Married, separated from husbandwife 824
4 Divorced 3454
5 Widowed 2218
6 Civil Partner 313
7 Separated Civil Partner 6
8 Former Civil Partner, legally dissolved 3
9 Surviving Civil Partner, partner died 3
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsRUNNING PROMPT. CODE 1ST THAT APPLIES. ASK OR RECORD.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingFour sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly