Questionnaire Module Main Survey
partnershiphistory_w1
Partnership history module
Questions 33
partnershiphistory_w1.partner
Time at start of partnership history module
Type: time
- a_partner_tm (a_indresp) start time for partner module (seconds)
partnershiphistory_w1.partint
Partnership intro
Type: choice
Text: We are interested in some important events that there may have been in your life, such as marriage and the birth of children.
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Press 1 and Enter to continue |
partnershiphistory_w1.lcmarm
Month of current marriage
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT THE NEXT
Text: Thinking of your current [marriage / civil partnership], in what month and year did you [get married / form your civil partnership]?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
- a_lcmarm (a_indresp) month of current marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.lcmary4
Year of current marriage
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
- a_lcmary4 (a_indresp) year of current marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.mpno
Person number of spouse
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: ENTER 0 IF NOT IN HOUSEHOLD
Text: Person number of spouse/civil partner from HHold Grid
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
- a_mpno (a_indresp) person number of spouse
partnershiphistory_w1.lcmcoh
Cohabited before current marriage
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Text: As you know more people are living together before getting married. Did you and your [wife / husband / civil partner] live together as a couple before you [got married / formed your civil partnership]?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No |
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
- a_lcmcoh (a_indresp) cohabited before current marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.lcmcbm
Month began cohabiting before current marriage
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT THE NEXT
Text: In what month and year did you start living together?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
and if LCMCoh = 1 (Cohabited before marriage/civil partnership)
- a_lcmcbm (a_indresp) month began cohabiting before current marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.lcmcby4
Year began cohabiting before current marriage
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
and if LCMCoh = 1 (Cohabited before marriage/civil partnership)
- a_lcmcby4 (a_indresp) year began cohabiting before current marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.lcmspm
Month separated
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT THE NEXT
Text: In what month and year did you stop living together?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
and if MPNo = 0 (Spouse not resident in household)
- a_lcmspm (a_indresp) month separated
partnershiphistory_w1.lcmspy4
Year separated
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)
and if MPNo = 0 (Spouse not resident in household)
- a_lcmspy4 (a_indresp) year separated
partnershiphistory_w1.nmar
Number of marriages
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: IF CURRENTLY MARRIED INCLUDE CURRENT MARRIAGE
Text: Altogether, how many times have you been married or in a civil partnership?
Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (Married, Civil Partner, Separated from Spouse, Divorced, Widowed, Separated from Civil Partner, a former Civil Partner (Civil Partnership dissolved) or a surviving Civil Partner (partner having died))
- a_nmar (a_indresp) number of marriages
partnershiphistory_w1.pmarint
Previous marriages intro
Type: choice
Text: I would now like to ask you about your previous marriages, starting with your first.
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Press 1 and Enter to continue |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
partnershiphistory_w1.marno
Marriage number
Type: number
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
partnershiphistory_w1.lmarm
month of marriage
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Text: Thinking of your [first / second / third / most recent] [marriage / civil partnership], in what month did you [get married / form your civil partnership]?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
- a_lmarm (a_marriage) month of marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.lmary4
year of marriage
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
- a_lmary4 (a_marriage) year of marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.lmcoh
Cohabited before marriage
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Text: As you know more people are living together before getting married. Did you and your [wife / husband / civil partner] live together as a couple before you [got married / formed your civil partnership]?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
- a_lmcoh (a_marriage) cohabited before marriage
partnershiphistory_w1.lmcbm
Month started living together
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT THE NEXT
Text: In what month and year did you start living together?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if LMCoh = 1 (Cohabited before previous marriage spell)
- a_lmcbm (a_marriage) month started living together
partnershiphistory_w1.lmcby4
Year started living together
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if LMCoh = 1 (Cohabited before previous marriage spell)
- a_lmcby4 (a_marriage) year started living together
partnershiphistory_w1.lmend
How marriage/civil partnership ended
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Text: [Did that marriage end in divorce, widowhood or something else] / [Did that civil partnership end in your civil partnership being dissolved, your partner dying or something else]?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Divorce/p'ship dissolved |
| 2 | Widowhood/partner dying |
| 97 | Something else |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
- a_lmend (a_marriage) how marriage/civil partnership ended
partnershiphistory_w1.lmwwm
Month widowed/partner died
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT NEXT
Text: In what month and year [were you widowed / did your partner die]?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if LMEnd = 2 (Marriage/partnership ended in widowhood/partner dying)
- a_lmwwm (a_marriage) month widowed/partner died
partnershiphistory_w1.lmwwy4
Year widowed/partner died
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if LMEnd = 2 (Marriage/partnership ended in widowhood/partner dying)
- a_lmwwy4 (a_marriage) year widowed/partner died
partnershiphistory_w1.lspwwd
Co-resident when spouse/partner died
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Text: Were you and your [husband / wife / civil partner] living together at that time?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if LMEnd = 2 (Marriage/partnership ended in widowhood/partner dying)
- a_lspwwd (a_marriage) co-resident when spouse/partner died
partnershiphistory_w1.lmdvm
Month divorced/civil partnership dissolved
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT NEXT
Text: In what month and year [did you get divorced / was your civil partnership dissolved]?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if LMEnd = 1 (Marriage/partnership ended in divorce/civil partnership being dissolved)
- a_lmdvm (a_marriage) month divorced/civil partnership dissolved
partnershiphistory_w1.lmdvy4
Year divorced/civil partnership dissolved
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if LMEnd = 1 (Marriage/partnership ended in divorce/civil partnership being dissolved)
- a_lmdvy4 (a_marriage) year divorced/civil partnership dissolved
partnershiphistory_w1.lmspm
Month - not co-resident on death of partner|Month separated
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT THE NEXT
Text: In what month and year did you stop living together?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if (LMEnd = 1 | 97) | LSpWwd = 2 (Marriage ended in divorce/civil partnership dissolved OR not co-resident when spouse/partner died)
- a_lmspm (a_marriage) month - not co-resident on death of partner|month separated
partnershiphistory_w1.lmspy4
Year - not co-resident on death of partner|Year separated
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if (NMar > 1) | ((NMar = 1) & (HHGRID.MARSTAT = 4,5,6,7,8,9)) (More than one marriage OR ever married or partnered once but not currently married or partnered.)
and if (LMEnd = 1 | 97) | LSpWwd = 2 (Marriage ended in divorce/civil partnership dissolved OR not co-resident when spouse/partner died)
- a_lmspy4 (a_marriage) year - not co-resident on death of partner|year separated
partnershiphistory_w1.lcoh
Ever cohabited
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Text: As you know some couples live together without actually getting married. Aside from any marriages or civil partnerships you have just told me about, have you ever lived with someone as a couple for three months or more?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No |
- a_lcoh (a_indresp) ever cohabited
partnershiphistory_w1.lncoh
Number cohabiting partners
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: EXCLUDE MARRIAGE PARTNERS OR CIVIL PARTNERS
Text: In all, how many partners have you ever lived with for three months or more outside of marriage?
Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)
- a_lncoh (a_indresp) number cohabiting partners
partnershiphistory_w1.cohabno
Cohabitation number
Type: number
Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)
partnershiphistory_w1.lcsbm
Month began cohabitation spell
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT NEXT
Text: In what month and year did you start living with your [first/second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth/seventh/eigth/ninth/current/last] partner?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)
- a_lcsbm (a_cohab) month began cohabitation spell
partnershiphistory_w1.lcsby4
Year began cohabitation spell
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)
- a_lcsby4 (a_cohab) year began cohabitation spell
partnershiphistory_w1.lcsem
Month ceased cohabitation spell
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT NEXT
Text: In what month and year did you stop living with this partner?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | January |
| 2 | February |
| 3 | March |
| 4 | April |
| 5 | May |
| 6 | June |
| 7 | July |
| 8 | August |
| 9 | September |
| 10 | October |
| 11 | November |
| 12 | December |
Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)
- a_lcsem (a_cohab) month ceased cohabitation spell
partnershiphistory_w1.lcsey4
Year ceased cohabitation spell
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)
- a_lcsey4 (a_cohab) year ceased cohabitation spell



