Current legal marital status
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
annualpartnershiphistory_w15.currmstat
Question label:
Current legal marital status
Question universe:
if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1563 | 4.76% |
| proxy | -7 | 74 | 0.23% |
| refusal | -2 | 197 | 0.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 76 | 0.23% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 8808 | 26.81% |
| Married | 2 | 16549 | 50.38% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 349 | 1.06% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 423 | 1.29% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2841 | 8.65% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1903 | 5.79% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 30 | 0.09% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 13 | 0.04% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 23 | 0.07% |
| Total | 32849 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 8761 | 24.7% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 149 | 0.42% |
| don't know | -1 | 79 | 0.22% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 7307 | 20.6% |
| Married | 2 | 14372 | 40.52% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 285 | 0.8% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 389 | 1.1% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2347 | 6.62% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1588 | 4.48% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 35 | 0.1% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 8 | 0.02% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 17 | 0.05% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 798 | 2.85% |
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| refusal | -2 | 162 | 0.58% |
| don't know | -1 | 118 | 0.42% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 7447 | 26.6% |
| Married | 2 | 14658 | 52.35% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 270 | 0.96% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 382 | 1.36% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2397 | 8.56% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1603 | 5.73% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 31 | 0.11% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 7 | 0.03% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 21 | 0.08% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 770 | 2.63% |
| proxy | -7 | 198 | 0.68% |
| refusal | -2 | 168 | 0.57% |
| don't know | -1 | 73 | 0.25% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 7835 | 26.77% |
| Married | 2 | 15276 | 52.19% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 249 | 0.85% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 422 | 1.44% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2507 | 8.56% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1720 | 5.88% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 32 | 0.11% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 9 | 0.03% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 12 | 0.04% |
| Total | 29271 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 941 | 2.94% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| refusal | -2 | 132 | 0.41% |
| don't know | -1 | 94 | 0.29% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 8413 | 26.28% |
| Married | 2 | 16566 | 51.76% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 235 | 0.73% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 474 | 1.48% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2688 | 8.4% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1925 | 6.01% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 50 | 0.16% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 11 | 0.03% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 15 | 0.05% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1022 | 2.98% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 141 | 0.41% |
| don't know | -1 | 92 | 0.27% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 8945 | 26.06% |
| Married | 2 | 17564 | 51.18% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 212 | 0.62% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 530 | 1.54% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2858 | 8.33% |
| Widowed | 6 | 2104 | 6.13% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 23 | 0.07% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 12 | 0.03% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 12 | 0.03% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1284 | 3.56% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 94 | 0.26% |
| don't know | -1 | 54 | 0.15% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 9356 | 25.95% |
| Married | 2 | 18196 | 50.46% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 196 | 0.54% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 586 | 1.63% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2938 | 8.15% |
| Widowed | 6 | 2211 | 6.13% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 25 | 0.07% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 12 | 0.03% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 10 | 0.03% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 18 | 0.05% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1579 | 4.02% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 39 | 0.1% |
| don't know | -1 | 47 | 0.12% |
| Single and never married or never in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 1 | 10295 | 26.2% |
| Married | 2 | 19346 | 49.23% |
| A Civil Partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership | 3 | 170 | 0.43% |
| Separated but legally married | 4 | 611 | 1.55% |
| Divorced | 5 | 3155 | 8.03% |
| Widowed | 6 | 2318 | 5.9% |
| Separated from Civil Partner | 7 | 21 | 0.05% |
| A former Civil Partner, the Civil Partnership legally dissolved | 8 | 7 | 0.02% |
| A surviving Civil Partner (your partner having died) | 9 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
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