year 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.lcmcby4
Question label:
Year began cohabiting before current marriage
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)
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% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 47 | 1.95% |
| Total | 2413 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992.6 | 2366 | 1962.0 | 2010.0 | 11.5 | 47 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1987 | 83.31% |
| proxy | -7 | 206 | 8.64% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 192 | 8.05% |
| Total | 2385 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993.79 | 2193 | 1968.0 | 2009.0 | 10.13 | 192 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1570 | 83.96% |
| proxy | -7 | 82 | 4.39% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.11% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 216 | 11.55% |
| Total | 1870 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992.25 | 1654 | 1960.0 | 2008.0 | 9.7 | 216 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2127 | 82.83% |
| proxy | -7 | 169 | 6.58% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 272 | 10.59% |
| Total | 2568 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992.19 | 2296 | 1955.0 | 2006.0 | 9.67 | 272 |



