month began cohabiting before current marriage
Datafile
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "random subsetting of questionnaire content" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
partnershiphistory_ip7.lcmcbm
Question label:
Month began cohabiting before current marriage
Question text:
In what month and year did you start living together?
Question universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if (ff_ivlolw = 2 | 3 | MIS) & ff_everint 1 (Non-interviewed adult at previous wave and never interviewed previously)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Refresh = 1 & HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (In Refreshment Sample & Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
and if LCMCoh = 1 (Cohabited before marriage/civil partnership)
Question interviewer instructions:
ENTER MONTH
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2290 | 94.9% |
| proxy | -7 | 76 | 3.15% |
| don't know | -1 | 9 | 0.37% |
| january | 1 | 3 | 0.12% |
| february | 2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| march | 3 | 7 | 0.29% |
| may | 5 | 7 | 0.29% |
| june | 6 | 6 | 0.25% |
| july | 7 | 4 | 0.17% |
| august | 8 | 4 | 0.17% |
| september | 9 | 4 | 0.17% |
| october | 10 | 2 | 0.08% |
| Total | 2413 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.61 | 2375 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 2.56 | 38 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1987 | 83.31% |
| proxy | -7 | 206 | 8.64% |
| don't know | -1 | 24 | 1.01% |
| january | 1 | 11 | 0.46% |
| february | 2 | 16 | 0.67% |
| march | 3 | 12 | 0.5% |
| april | 4 | 10 | 0.42% |
| may | 5 | 14 | 0.59% |
| june | 6 | 20 | 0.84% |
| july | 7 | 13 | 0.55% |
| august | 8 | 25 | 1.05% |
| september | 9 | 15 | 0.63% |
| october | 10 | 11 | 0.46% |
| november | 11 | 7 | 0.29% |
| december | 12 | 14 | 0.59% |
| Total | 2385 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.49 | 2217 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 3.24 | 168 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1570 | 83.96% |
| proxy | -7 | 82 | 4.39% |
| don't know | -1 | 20 | 1.07% |
| january | 1 | 19 | 1.02% |
| february | 2 | 20 | 1.07% |
| march | 3 | 15 | 0.8% |
| april | 4 | 12 | 0.64% |
| may | 5 | 12 | 0.64% |
| june | 6 | 31 | 1.66% |
| july | 7 | 14 | 0.75% |
| august | 8 | 15 | 0.8% |
| september | 9 | 19 | 1.02% |
| october | 10 | 21 | 1.12% |
| november | 11 | 9 | 0.48% |
| december | 12 | 11 | 0.59% |
| Total | 1870 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 1672 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 3.33 | 198 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2127 | 82.83% |
| proxy | -7 | 169 | 6.58% |
| don't know | -1 | 15 | 0.58% |
| january | 1 | 26 | 1.01% |
| february | 2 | 11 | 0.43% |
| march | 3 | 31 | 1.21% |
| april | 4 | 12 | 0.47% |
| may | 5 | 18 | 0.7% |
| june | 6 | 36 | 1.4% |
| july | 7 | 20 | 0.78% |
| august | 8 | 30 | 1.17% |
| september | 9 | 26 | 1.01% |
| october | 10 | 16 | 0.62% |
| november | 11 | 20 | 0.78% |
| december | 12 | 11 | 0.43% |
| Total | 2568 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.31 | 2311 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 3.23 | 257 |
