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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2022

Variable Details

VariableLegMarStE
LabelDV: Legal marital status (all respondents)
Responses
1 Married 3546
2 In a registered civil partnership 78
3 Separated (after being married or in a civil partnership) 134
4 Divorced/dissolved civil partnership 636
5 Widowed/surviving partner from a civil partnership 322
6 Single (never married/never in a civil partnership) 1899
7 Other 49
8 Don't know 6
9 Refused 29
-1 Not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2022
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for each BSA year for full details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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