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partnershiphistory_w11

Partnership History module

Questions 10

partnershiphistory_w11.partint

Partnership intro

Type: choice

Text: We are interested in some important events that there may have been in your life, such as marriage and the birth of children.

OptionLabel
1Continue

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)

partnershiphistory_w11.lcohnpi

Ever cohabited without marrying

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: DO NOT INCLUDE CURRENT PARTNER/SPOUSE

Text: As you know, some couples choose to live together without actually ever getting married. [Apart from your current husband/wife/partner, have {if HHGRID.LIVESP = 1 | HHGRID.LIVEWITH = 1|3} / Have ] you ever lived with someone as a couple without being married?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)

partnershiphistory_w11.coh1bm

Month first began cohabiting

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH

Text: In what month and year did you first live with someone as a couple?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)

partnershiphistory_w11.coh1by

Year first began cohabiting

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)

partnershiphistory_w11.coh1mr

Went on to marry first cohabitee

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Did you go on to marry the person you lived with at the time?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)

partnershiphistory_w11.coh1em

Month first cohabitation ended

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH

Text: In what month and year did you stop living as a couple with this partner?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)

partnershiphistory_w11.coh1ey

Year first cohabitation ended

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)

partnershiphistory_w11.nmar

Number of times resp married

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: IF CURRENTLY MARRIED INCLUDE CURRENT MARRIAGE

Text: Altogether, how many times have you been married or in a civil partnership?

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if HHGRID.MarStat = 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9 (marital status is married, civil partner, separated from spouse, divorced, widowed, separated from civil partner, a former civil partner (civil partnership having dissolved) or a surviving civil partner (partner having died))

partnershiphistory_w11.lmar1m

Month of first marriage

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH

Text: In what month and year did you marry or form a civil partnership{if NMAR greater than 1} for the first time?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if HHGRID.MarStat = 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9 (marital status is married, civil partner, separated from spouse, divorced, widowed, separated from civil partner, a former civil partner (civil partnership having dissolved) or a surviving civil partner (partner having died))

partnershiphistory_w11.lmar1y

Year of first marriage

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if HHGRID.MarStat = 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9 (marital status is married, civil partner, separated from spouse, divorced, widowed, separated from civil partner, a former civil partner (civil partnership having dissolved) or a surviving civil partner (partner having died))

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