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Partnership history module

Questions 33

partnershiphistory_w1.partner

Time at start of partnership history module

Type: time

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.

OptionLabel
1Press 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]?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)

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)

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)

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]?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if HHGRID.MARSTAT = 2|3 (Married or a Civil Partner in a legally-recognised Civil Partnership)

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?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

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)

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)

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?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

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)

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)

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))

partnershiphistory_w1.pmarint

Previous marriages intro

Type: choice

Text: I would now like to ask you about your previous marriages, starting with your first.

OptionLabel
1Press 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]?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

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.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.)

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]?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

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.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?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

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)

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)

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]?

OptionLabel
1Divorce/p'ship dissolved
2Widowhood/partner dying
97Something 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.)

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]?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

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)

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)

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?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

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)

partnershiphistory_w1.lmdvm

Month divorced/civil partnership dissolved

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE MONTH AT THIS QUESTION AND YEAR AT NEXT F9 FOR HELP

Text: In what month and year [did you get divorced / was your civil partnership dissolved]?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

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)

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)

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 F9 FOR HELP

Text: In what month and year did you stop living together?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

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)

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)

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?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

partnershiphistory_w1.lncoh

Number cohabiting partners

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: EXCLUDE MARRIAGE PARTNERS OR CIVIL PARTNERS IF COHABITING INCLUDE CURRENT PARTNER

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)

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?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)

partnershiphistory_w1.lcsby4

Year began cohabitation spell

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)

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?

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)

partnershiphistory_w1.lcsey4

Year ceased cohabitation spell

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if LCoh = 1 (Ever cohabited)

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