Current legal marital status
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Question asked in the latest wave:
annualpartnershiphistory_ip17.currmstat
Question label:
Current legal marital status
Question universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 11 | 0.44% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 102 | 4.09% |
| proxy | -7 | 30 | 1.2% |
| refusal | -2 | 4 | 0.16% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.12% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 645 | 25.86% |
| Married | 2 | 1288 | 51.64% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 29 | 1.16% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 41 | 1.64% |
| Divorced | 5 | 214 | 8.58% |
| Widowed | 6 | 123 | 4.93% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 4 | 0.16% |
| Total | 2494 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 149 | 5.23% |
| proxy | -7 | 22 | 0.77% |
| refusal | -2 | 12 | 0.42% |
| don't know | -1 | 10 | 0.35% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 747 | 26.24% |
| Married | 2 | 1446 | 50.79% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 23 | 0.81% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 56 | 1.97% |
| Divorced | 5 | 247 | 8.68% |
| Widowed | 6 | 133 | 4.67% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 1 | 0.04% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 1 | 0.04% |
| Total | 2847 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 150 | 5.51% |
| proxy | -7 | 34 | 1.25% |
| refusal | -2 | 6 | 0.22% |
| don't know | -1 | 4 | 0.15% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 710 | 26.1% |
| Married | 2 | 1353 | 49.74% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 13 | 0.48% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 52 | 1.91% |
| Divorced | 5 | 252 | 9.26% |
| Widowed | 6 | 139 | 5.11% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 5 | 0.18% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 2 | 0.07% |
| Total | 2720 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1029 | 33.62% |
| proxy | -7 | 3 | 0.1% |
| refusal | -2 | 4 | 0.13% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 552 | 18.03% |
| Married | 2 | 1111 | 36.3% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 13 | 0.42% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 41 | 1.34% |
| Divorced | 5 | 191 | 6.24% |
| Widowed | 6 | 109 | 3.56% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 4 | 0.13% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 1 | 0.03% |
| Total | 3061 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 100 | 4.41% |
| proxy | -7 | 15 | 0.66% |
| refusal | -2 | 9 | 0.4% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.26% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 546 | 24.08% |
| Married | 2 | 1194 | 52.67% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 14 | 0.62% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 38 | 1.68% |
| Divorced | 5 | 217 | 9.57% |
| Widowed | 6 | 120 | 5.29% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 7 | 0.31% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 1 | 0.04% |
| Total | 2267 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 106 | 4.79% |
| proxy | -7 | 51 | 2.3% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.23% |
| don't know | -1 | 9 | 0.41% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 519 | 23.45% |
| Married | 2 | 1113 | 50.29% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 5 | 0.23% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 44 | 1.99% |
| Divorced | 5 | 220 | 9.94% |
| Widowed | 6 | 137 | 6.19% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 4 | 0.18% |
| Total | 2213 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 829 | 27.73% |
| proxy | -7 | 94 | 3.14% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.17% |
| don't know | -1 | 4 | 0.13% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 551 | 18.43% |
| Married | 2 | 1099 | 36.76% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 14 | 0.47% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 46 | 1.54% |
| Divorced | 5 | 218 | 7.29% |
| Widowed | 6 | 124 | 4.15% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 3 | 0.1% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 2 | 0.07% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 1 | 0.03% |
| Total | 2990 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 603 | 23.46% |
| proxy | -7 | 89 | 3.46% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 7 | 0.27% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 512 | 19.92% |
| Married | 2 | 1006 | 39.14% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 8 | 0.31% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 45 | 1.75% |
| Divorced | 5 | 189 | 7.35% |
| Widowed | 6 | 107 | 4.16% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 3 | 0.12% |
| Total | 2570 | 100.0% |
