marst change 1: Legal marital status change
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Question asked in the latest wave:
annualpartnershiphistory_w15.mstatch
Question label:
Legal marital status change
Question text:
What did your legal marital status become with this change? Were you...
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
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32152 | 97.88% |
| proxy | -7 | 74 | 0.23% |
| refusal | -2 | 52 | 0.16% |
| don't know | -1 | 22 | 0.07% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 42 | 0.13% |
| Married | 2 | 220 | 0.67% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 33 | 0.1% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 23 | 0.07% |
| Divorced | 5 | 94 | 0.29% |
| Widowed | 6 | 130 | 0.4% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 3 | 0.01% |
| a former civil partner | 8 | 2 | 0.01% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 32849 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34728 | 97.91% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 39 | 0.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 32 | 0.09% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 68 | 0.19% |
| Married | 2 | 187 | 0.53% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 32 | 0.09% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 30 | 0.08% |
| Divorced | 5 | 104 | 0.29% |
| Widowed | 6 | 109 | 0.31% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 6 | 0.02% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 27294 | 97.49% |
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| refusal | -2 | 61 | 0.22% |
| don't know | -1 | 45 | 0.16% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 87 | 0.31% |
| Married | 2 | 133 | 0.48% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 26 | 0.09% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 26 | 0.09% |
| Divorced | 5 | 107 | 0.38% |
| Widowed | 6 | 110 | 0.39% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 2 | 0.01% |
| a former civil partner | 8 | 2 | 0.01% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 28624 | 97.79% |
| proxy | -7 | 198 | 0.68% |
| refusal | -2 | 45 | 0.15% |
| don't know | -1 | 15 | 0.05% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 51 | 0.17% |
| Married | 2 | 89 | 0.3% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 18 | 0.06% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 26 | 0.09% |
| Divorced | 5 | 101 | 0.35% |
| Widowed | 6 | 101 | 0.35% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Total | 29271 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 30934 | 96.64% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| refusal | -2 | 32 | 0.1% |
| don't know | -1 | 29 | 0.09% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 50 | 0.16% |
| Married | 2 | 215 | 0.67% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 29 | 0.09% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 28 | 0.09% |
| Divorced | 5 | 108 | 0.34% |
| Widowed | 6 | 105 | 0.33% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 10 | 0.03% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32805 | 95.59% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 41 | 0.12% |
| don't know | -1 | 21 | 0.06% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 65 | 0.19% |
| Married | 2 | 263 | 0.77% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 22 | 0.06% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 47 | 0.14% |
| Divorced | 5 | 123 | 0.36% |
| Widowed | 6 | 123 | 0.36% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 2 | 0.01% |
| a former civil partner | 8 | 1 | 0.0% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34313 | 95.16% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 23 | 0.06% |
| don't know | -1 | 15 | 0.04% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 46 | 0.13% |
| Married | 2 | 281 | 0.78% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 19 | 0.05% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 53 | 0.15% |
| Divorced | 5 | 98 | 0.27% |
| Widowed | 6 | 108 | 0.3% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 3 | 0.01% |
| a former civil partner | 8 | 1 | 0.0% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 36970 | 94.09% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 10 | 0.03% |
| don't know | -1 | 5 | 0.01% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 36 | 0.09% |
| Married | 2 | 266 | 0.68% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 14 | 0.04% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 48 | 0.12% |
| Divorced | 5 | 144 | 0.37% |
| Widowed | 6 | 115 | 0.29% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| a former civil partner | 8 | 1 | 0.0% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 38428 | 91.13% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.01% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 25 | 0.06% |
| 2 | 502 | 1.19% | |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 13 | 0.03% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 75 | 0.18% |
| 5 | 145 | 0.34% | |
| 6 | 137 | 0.32% | |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 2 | 0.0% |
| a former civil partner | 8 | 1 | 0.0% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 36596 | 80.98% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 4 | 0.01% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 13 | 0.03% |
| married | 2 | 448 | 0.99% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 29 | 0.06% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 86 | 0.19% |
| divorced | 5 | 144 | 0.32% |
| widowed | 6 | 126 | 0.28% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 40329 | 89.95% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 13 | 0.03% |
| married | 2 | 285 | 0.64% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 4 | 0.01% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 73 | 0.16% |
| divorced | 5 | 142 | 0.32% |
| widowed | 6 | 132 | 0.29% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 42380 | 90.03% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 25 | 0.05% |
| married | 2 | 354 | 0.75% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 7 | 0.01% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 71 | 0.15% |
| divorced | 5 | 174 | 0.37% |
| widowed | 6 | 125 | 0.27% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 45246 | 91.05% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 19 | 0.04% |
| married | 2 | 212 | 0.43% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 7 | 0.01% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 69 | 0.14% |
| divorced | 5 | 164 | 0.33% |
| widowed | 6 | 143 | 0.29% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 49954 | 91.54% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 21 | 0.04% |
| married | 2 | 220 | 0.4% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 8 | 0.01% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 102 | 0.19% |
| divorced | 5 | 210 | 0.38% |
| widowed | 6 | 167 | 0.31% |
| separated from civil partner | 7 | 3 | 0.01% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
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