Innovation Panel variable: livewith lives with spouse/partner as couple

lives with spouse/partner as couple

Datafiles

Question asked in the latest wave:

hhgrid_ip17.livewith

Question label:

Live with someone as a couple

Question text:

And, [are you / is [NAME] / is [CNAME] / is [ff_forname]] living with someone in this household as a couple?

Question universe:

if [DVAge >= 16] // If individual is 16 or over
And if [HHSIZE > 1 & ((MarStat 2 | 3) | LiveSp = 2)] // Household size is greater than 1 and not married/in a civil partnership and not living with spouse/civil partner

Further details:
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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	241	6.69%
inapplicable	-8	2409	66.82%
refusal	-2	5	0.14%
Yes	1	299	8.29%
No	2	651	18.06%
	Total	3605	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2979	70.69%
refusal	-2	8	0.19%
don't know	-1	2	0.05%
Yes	1	403	9.56%
No	2	822	19.51%
	Total	4214	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2925	69.69%
refusal	-2	5	0.12%
don't know	-1	5	0.12%
Yes	1	454	10.82%
No	2	808	19.25%
	Total	4197	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3462	69.76%
refusal	-2	3	0.06%
Yes	1	570	11.48%
No	2	928	18.7%
	Total	4963	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2410	69.51%
refusal	-2	7	0.2%
Yes	1	300	8.65%
No	2	750	21.63%
	Total	3467	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2352	71.14%
refusal	-2	4	0.12%
don't know	-1	5	0.15%
Yes	1	282	8.53%
No	2	663	20.05%
	Total	3306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3190	70.94%
refusal	-2	4	0.09%
Yes	1	421	9.36%
No	2	882	19.61%
	Total	4497	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2535	69.62%
refusal	-2	10	0.27%
don't know	-1	8	0.22%
Yes	1	318	8.73%
No	2	770	21.15%
	Total	3641	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2220	71.25%
refusal	-2	5	0.16%
don't know	-1	3	0.1%
yes	1	243	7.8%
no	2	645	20.7%
	Total	3116	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2320	70.54%
refusal	-2	2	0.06%
yes	1	296	9.0%
no	2	671	20.4%
	Total	3289	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	2598	71.75%
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
yes	1	320	8.84%
no	2	701	19.36%
	Total	3621	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	2103	71.53%
refusal	-2	2	0.07%
don't know	-1	6	0.2%
Yes	1	254	8.64%
No	2	574	19.52%
	Total	2940	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.23%
inapplicable	-8	2163	72.0%
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	1	0.03%
Yes	1	271	9.02%
No	2	561	18.68%
	Total	3004	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2447	72.35%
yes	1	293	8.66%
no	2	639	18.89%
spontaneous only: same sex couple	3	3	0.09%
	Total	3382	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1862	75.02%
yes	1	180	7.25%
no	2	440	17.73%
	Total	2482	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	2039	75.86%
yes	1	203	7.55%
no	2	444	16.52%
	Total	2688	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2697	74.92%
yes	1	295	8.19%
no	2	606	16.83%
spontaneous only: same sex couple	3	2	0.06%
	Total	3600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	1810	72.57%
proxy	-7	30	1.2%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
Yes	1	232	9.3%
No	2	417	16.72%
	Total	2494	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1948	68.42%
proxy	-7	22	0.77%
refusal	-2	3	0.11%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
Yes	1	310	10.89%
No	2	563	19.78%
	Total	2847	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1842	67.72%
proxy	-7	34	1.25%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
Yes	1	339	12.46%
No	2	504	18.53%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2090	68.28%
proxy	-7	3	0.1%
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
Yes	1	405	13.23%
No	2	562	18.36%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1559	68.77%
proxy	-7	15	0.66%
refusal	-2	6	0.26%
Yes	1	224	9.88%
No	2	463	20.42%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1518	68.59%
proxy	-7	51	2.3%
Yes	1	224	10.12%
No	2	420	18.98%
	Total	2213	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1991	66.59%
proxy	-7	94	3.14%
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
Yes	1	321	10.74%
No	2	583	19.5%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1650	64.2%
proxy	-7	89	3.46%
refusal	-2	5	0.19%
don't know	-1	7	0.27%
Yes	1	258	10.04%
No	2	561	21.83%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1492	65.93%
proxy	-7	63	2.78%
refusal	-2	3	0.13%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
yes	1	199	8.79%
no	2	479	21.17%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1520	63.92%
proxy	-7	111	4.67%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
yes	1	242	10.18%
no	2	504	21.19%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1621	67.18%
proxy	-7	76	3.15%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
yes	1	249	10.32%
no	2	466	19.31%
	Total	2413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	1378	64.12%
proxy	-7	125	5.82%
refusal	-2	1	0.05%
don't know	-1	3	0.14%
Yes	1	209	9.73%
No	2	432	20.1%
	Total	2149	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	1388	64.8%
proxy	-7	147	6.86%
refusal	-2	1	0.05%
Yes	1	209	9.76%
No	2	393	18.35%
	Total	2142	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1515	63.52%
proxy	-7	206	8.64%
yes	1	238	9.98%
no	2	423	17.74%
spontaneous only: same sex couple	3	3	0.13%
	Total	2385	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1184	67.43%
proxy	-7	135	7.69%
yes	1	143	8.14%
no	2	294	16.74%
	Total	1756	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1360	72.73%
yes	1	158	8.45%
no	2	352	18.82%
	Total	1870	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1809	70.44%
yes	1	264	10.28%
no	2	493	19.2%
spontaneous only: same sex couple	3	2	0.08%
	Total	2568	100.0%

livewith

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Datafiles

Question asked in the latest wave:

hhgrid_ip17.livewith

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Wave 17 (q_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 16 (p_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 15 (o_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 14 (n_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 13 (m_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 12 (l_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 11 (k_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 10 (j_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 9 (i_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 8 (h_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 7 (g_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 6 (f_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 5 (e_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 4 (d_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 3 (c_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 2 (b_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 1 (a_livewith indall_ip)

Wave 17 (q_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 16 (p_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 15 (o_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 14 (n_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 13 (m_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 12 (l_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 11 (k_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 10 (j_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 9 (i_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 8 (h_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 7 (g_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 6 (f_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 5 (e_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 4 (d_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 3 (c_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 2 (b_livewith indresp_ip)

Wave 1 (a_livewith indresp_ip)

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