Questionnaire Module Main Survey
partnershiphistory_w12
Partnership History module
Questions 10
partnershiphistory_w12.lmar1y
Year of first marriage
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if HHGRID.MarStat = 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9 (marital status is married, civil partner, separated from spouse, divorced, widowed, separated from civil partner, a former civil partner (civil partnership having dissolved) or a surviving civil partner (partner having died))
partnershiphistory_w12.coh1by
Year first began cohabiting
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)
partnershiphistory_w12.coh1ey
Year first cohabitation ended
Type: number
Source: BHPS
Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)
partnershiphistory_w12.nmar
Number of times resp married
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 ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if HHGRID.MarStat = 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9 (marital status is married, civil partner, separated from spouse, divorced, widowed, separated from civil partner, a former civil partner (civil partnership having dissolved) or a surviving civil partner (partner having died))
partnershiphistory_w12.lcohnpi
Ever cohabited without marrying
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: DO NOT INCLUDE CURRENT PARTNER/SPOUSE
Text: As you know, some couples choose to live together without actually ever getting married.
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No |
Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
partnershiphistory_w12.coh1bm
Month first began cohabiting
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH
Text: In what month and year did you
| 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 ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)
partnershiphistory_w12.coh1em
Month first cohabitation ended
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH
Text: In what month and year did you stop living as a couple 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 ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)
partnershiphistory_w12.lmar1m
Month of first marriage
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Interviewer Instruction: ENTER MONTH
Text: In what month and year did you marry or form a 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 ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if HHGRID.MarStat = 2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9 (marital status is married, civil partner, separated from spouse, divorced, widowed, separated from civil partner, a former civil partner (civil partnership having dissolved) or a surviving civil partner (partner having died))
partnershiphistory_w12.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 | Continue |
Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
partnershiphistory_w12.coh1mr
Went on to marry first cohabitee
Type: choice
Source: BHPS
Text: Did you go on to marry the person you lived with at the time?
| Option | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No |
Universe:
if ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS & ff_everint <> 1 (new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds)
and if LCohNPI = 1 (ever cohabited without marrying)



