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Mainstage Variable

divchk5

marst change 5: Divorce/CP dissolved date check

Datafile

Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

annualeventhistory_w11.divchk

Question label:

Divorce/CP dissolved date check

Question 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]?

Question 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))

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83154498.55%
proxy-74641.45%
Total32008100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83761195.72%
proxy-716834.28%
Total39294100.0%

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