marst change 3: Legal marital status change
Datafile
Index term
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
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32768 | 99.75% |
| proxy | -7 | 74 | 0.23% |
| Married | 2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 32849 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 35333 | 99.61% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Widowed | 6 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 27889 | 99.61% |
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Married | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Divorced | 5 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Widowed | 6 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 29070 | 99.31% |
| proxy | -7 | 198 | 0.68% |
| Married | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Divorced | 5 | 1 | 0.0% |
| surviving civil partner | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 29271 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 31539 | 98.53% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| Married | 2 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33508 | 97.64% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Married | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Divorced | 5 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Widowed | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34956 | 96.94% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Married | 2 | 4 | 0.01% |
| a civil partner in a legally recognised civil part | 3 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 37608 | 95.71% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| single & never married or in legally recog'd civil | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Married | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| separated but legally married | 4 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 39333 | 93.27% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| 2 | 3 | 0.01% | |
| 5 | 1 | 0.0% | |
| 6 | 1 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 37445 | 82.86% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| widowed | 6 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 43137 | 91.64% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| married | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| divorced | 5 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 50687 | 92.89% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| widowed | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
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