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Mainstage Variable

mstatch5

marst change 5: Legal marital status change

Datafile

Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

annualeventhistory_w11.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:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83154398.55%
proxy-74641.45%
Widowed610.0%
Total32008100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83761095.71%
proxy-716834.28%
Married210.0%
Total39294100.0%

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