how marriage/civil partnership ended
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.lmend
Question label:
How marriage/civil partnership ended
Question text:
How did that marriage or civil partnership end?
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 & ((NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4|5|6|7|8|9))) (If in Refreshment Sample AND more than one marriage or ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
Question interviewer instructions:
READ OUT IF NECESSARY
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| divorce/civil partnership being dissolved | 1 | 64 | 74.42% |
| widowhood/partner dying | 2 | 19 | 22.09% |
| something else | 97 | 3 | 3.49% |
| Total | 86 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| divorce/civil partnership being dissolved | 1 | 167 | 65.75% |
| widowhood/partner dying | 2 | 68 | 26.77% |
| something else | 97 | 19 | 7.48% |
| Total | 254 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.62% |
| don't know | -1 | 4 | 1.25% |
| divorce / civil partnership being dissolved | 1 | 221 | 69.06% |
| widowhood / partner dying | 2 | 77 | 24.06% |
| something else | 97 | 16 | 5.0% |
| Total | 320 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| [divorce/civil partnership being dissolved] | 1 | 259 | 65.74% |
| [widowhood/partner dying] | 2 | 102 | 25.89% |
| something else | 97 | 33 | 8.38% |
| Total | 394 | 100.0% |



