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annualpartnershiphistory_w15

Annual Partnership History Module

Questions 21

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.statcy4

Year legal marital status changed

Type: Number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER YEAR

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.dvy4

Year divorce/CP dissolved

Type: Number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER YEAR

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave
And if [MStatCh = 5 | 8] // New legal marital status is divorced or former civil partner (civil partnership legally dissolved)
And if [DivChk = 2] // Date given for change of marital status was date stopped living together
And if [DivFin = 1] // Divorce/dissolved civil partnership is final

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.lmcby4

Year began cohabitation spell

Type: Number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER YEAR

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave
And if [Cohab = 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview
And if [CohabN > 0] // Number of cohabitation spells given

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.lmspy4

Year ended ML spell

Type: Number

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave
And if [Cohab = 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview
And if [CohabN > 0] // Number of cohabitation spells given
And if [CurrPart = 2 | CurrPart = DK|REF|MIS] // Not current spouse/partner or CURRPART is don't know, refused or not asked

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.statcm

Month legal marital status changed

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH

Text: Can you tell me the month and year of that change to your  legal marital status?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
9September
1Januaryo_statcm1 (o_indresp) marst change 1: Month legal marital status changed
2Februaryo_statcm2 (o_indresp) marst change 2: Month legal marital status changed
3Marcho_statcm3 (o_indresp) marst change 3: Month legal marital status changed
4Aprilo_statcm4 (o_indresp) marst change 4: Month legal marital status changed
5May
6June
7July
8August
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.cohabn

Number spells of cohabitation

Type: Number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: TYPE IN NUMBER

Text: How many periods of cohabitation lasting three months or more have you had since [ff_IntDate], including periods of cohabitation with your current husband/wife/partner {if currently married or cohabiting and spouse/partner is resident}?

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave
And if [Cohab = 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.dvm

Month divorce/CP dissolved

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH

Text: In what month and year did your divorce or annulment {if MStatCh = 5} dissolved civil partnership {if MStatCh = 8} become final?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Januaryo_dvm1 (o_indresp) marst change 1: Month divorce/CP dissolved
2Februaryo_dvm2 (o_indresp) marst change 2: Month divorce/CP dissolved
3Marcho_dvm3 (o_indresp) marst change 3: Month divorce/CP dissolved
4Aprilo_dvm4 (o_indresp) marst change 4: Month divorce/CP dissolved
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave
And if [MStatCh = 5 | 8] // New legal marital status is divorced or former civil partner (civil partnership legally dissolved)
And if [DivChk = 2] // Date given for change of marital status was date stopped living together
And if [DivFin = 1] // Divorce/dissolved civil partnership is final

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.lmcbm

Month began cohabitation spell

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH

Text: Can you tell me the month and year you started [this/your first/your next] period of cohabitation?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Januaryo_lmcbm1 (o_indresp) cohab no. 1: Month began cohabitation spell
2Februaryo_lmcbm2 (o_indresp) cohab no. 2: Month began cohabitation spell
3Marcho_lmcbm3 (o_indresp) cohab no. 3: Month began cohabitation spell
4Aprilo_lmcbm4 (o_indresp) cohab no. 4: Month began cohabitation spell
5Mayo_lmcbm5 (o_indresp) cohab no. 5: Month began cohabitation spell
6Juneo_lmcbm6 (o_indresp) cohab no. 6: Month began cohabitation spell
7Julyo_lmcbm7 (o_indresp) cohab no. 7: Month began cohabitation spell
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave
And if [Cohab = 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview
And if [CohabN > 0] // Number of cohabitation spells given

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.lmspm

Month ended ML spell

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH

Text: In what month and year did you stop living with that partner?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Januaryo_lmspm1 (o_indresp) cohab no. 1: Month ended ML spell
2Februaryo_lmspm2 (o_indresp) cohab no. 2: Month ended ML spell
3Marcho_lmspm3 (o_indresp) cohab no. 3: Month ended ML spell
4Aprilo_lmspm4 (o_indresp) cohab no. 4: Month ended ML spell
5Mayo_lmspm5 (o_indresp) cohab no. 5: Month ended ML spell
6Juneo_lmspm6 (o_indresp) cohab no. 6: Month ended ML spell
7Julyo_lmspm7 (o_indresp) cohab no. 7: Month ended ML spell
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave
And if [Cohab = 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview
And if [CohabN > 0] // Number of cohabitation spells given
And if [CurrPart = 2 | CurrPart = DK|REF|MIS] // Not current spouse/partner or CURRPART is don't know, refused or not asked

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.mstatsam

Whether marital status changed within cohab rel

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: When we last interviewed you, your  legal marital status was [ff_marstat]. Has your  legal marital status changed at all since [ff_intdate]?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No
3Marital status on record is incorrect

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.lwwrong

Correct marital status last wave

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Can you tell me what your legal marital status was last time we interviewed you on [ff_IntDate]?

OptionLabel
1Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership
2Married
3A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership
4Separated but legally married
5Divorced
6Widowed
7SPONTANEOUS: Separated from Civil Partner
8SPONTANEOUS: A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved
9SPONTANEOUS: A surviving Civil Partner (partner having died)

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 3] // Last wave legal marital status incorrect

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.mstatsamn

Whether marital status changed

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Has your  legal marital status changed at all since [ff_IntDate]?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 3] // Last wave legal marital status incorrect

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.mstatch

Legal marital status change

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: What did your  legal marital status become with this change? Were you...

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnershipo_mstatch1 (o_indresp) marst change 1: Legal marital status change
2Marriedo_mstatch2 (o_indresp) marst change 2: Legal marital status change
3A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnershipo_mstatch3 (o_indresp) marst change 3: Legal marital status change
4Separated but legally marriedo_mstatch4 (o_indresp) marst change 4: Legal marital status change
5Divorced
6Widowed
7SPONTANEOUS: Separated from Civil Partner
8SPONTANEOUS: A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved
9SPONTANEOUS: A surviving Civil Partner (partner having died)

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.divchk

Divorce/CP dissolved date check

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: You say you became divorced {if MStatCh = 5} your civil partnership was dissolved {if MStatCh = 8}. Is the date you have given me the date your divorce {if MStatCh = 5} dissolved partnership {if MStatCh = 8} became final or the date you separated and stopped living with your [husband/wife/partner]?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Date became finalo_divchk1 (o_indresp) marst change 1: Divorce/CP dissolved date check
2Date stopped living togethero_divchk2 (o_indresp) marst change 2: Divorce/CP dissolved date check

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave
And if [MStatCh = 5 | 8] // New legal marital status is divorced or former civil partner (civil partnership legally dissolved)

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.divfin

Divorce final check

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Is your divorce {if MStatCh = 5} dissolved civil partnership {if MStatCh = 8} legally final?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Yeso_divfin1 (o_indresp) marst change 1: Divorce final check
2Noo_divfin2 (o_indresp) marst change 2: Divorce final check

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave
And if [MStatCh = 5 | 8] // New legal marital status is divorced or former civil partner (civil partnership legally dissolved)
And if [DivChk = 2] // Date given for change of marital status was date stopped living together

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.cmlstat

Current legal marital status

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: And has your legal marital status changed again since then?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Yeso_cmlstat1 (o_indresp) marst change 1: Current legal marital status
2Noo_cmlstat2 (o_indresp) marst change 2: Current legal marital status

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.cohab

Any cohabitation spells since last interview

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Since we interviewed you on [ff_IntDate] have you had any periods of cohabitation lasting three months or more? Please include your current
husband/wife/partner. {if currently married or cohabiting and spouse/partner is resident}

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.currpart

Check if current husband/wife/partner

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Can I just check, is this your current husband/wife {if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2} partner {if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 3 | HHGRID.LiveWith = 1}?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Yeso_currpart1 (o_indresp) cohab no. 1: Check if current husband/wife/partner
2Noo_currpart2 (o_indresp) cohab no. 2: Check if current husband/wife/partner

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave
And if [Cohab = 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview
And if [CohabN > 0] // Number of cohabitation spells given
And if [(CohabN = MAX CohabN) & ((HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3)| (HHGRID.LiveWith = 1))] // On the last cohabitation spell and is currently married or civil partnership or living with someone as a couple

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.currpartlat

Current partner lived apart

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: When we last interviewed you on [ff_intdate], you told us you had a spouse/partner that you were in a relationship with but didn't live with. Can we also just check, was/is this the same person as your current husband/wife {if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2} partner {if HGRID.MARSTAT = 3 | HHGRID.LiveWith = 1}?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Yeso_currpartlat1 (o_indresp) cohab no. 1: Current partner lived apart
2Noo_currpartlat2 (o_indresp) cohab no. 2: Current partner lived apart

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 2] // Not living with same spouse/partner as at last wave
And if [Cohab = 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview
And if [CohabN > 0] // Number of cohabitation spells given
And if [(CohabN = MAX CohabN) & ((HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3)| (HHGRID.LiveWith = 1))] // On the last cohabitation spell and is currently married or civil partnership or living with someone as a couple
And if [Cohab = 1 & ((HHGRID.Livesp = 2|3)| (HHGRID.LiveWith = 1)) & ff_Ncrr1 = 1 & Currpart= 1] // Has had cohabitation spell(s) since last interview AND Currently married or civil partnership or living with someone as a couple AND had a non-co-resident relationship last interview AND cohabitation spell is current spouse/partner

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.relup

Last wave partner resident or split (from Household Grid)

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

OptionLabel
1Married/civil partnership partner resident {if ff_spid is current spouse}
2Cohab partner resident {if ff_ppid is current partner}
3Married/civil partnership partner not resident {if ff_spid is not current resident}
4Cohab partner not resident {if ff_ppid is not current resident}
5Married/civil partner/cohab partner deceased {if ff_spid or ff_ppid is deceased}
6Not in marriage/cohabitation last wave {if no ff_spid or no ff_ppid}

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.currmstat

Current legal marital status

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

OptionLabel
1Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership
2Married
3A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership
4Separated but legally married
5Divorced
6Widowed
7Separated from Civil Partner
8A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved
9A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died)

Universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously

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