Marital Status at time relationship ended
Datafile
Index term
Variable note:
The Child Maintenance Module variables stored in the chmain file loop over each child identified in wave 9 through the indresp file variables csakidno (children covered by CSA/CMS calculation), cmcokidno (children covered by court order payments), and cmvolkidno (children covered by voluntary payments) only when the corresponding variables csacalc (CSA/CMS made calculation), cmcord (maintenance court order), and cmvol (private maintenance agreement) are answered “Yes”.
In other waves, when these questions (csacalc, cmcord, cmvol) are answered “No”, the child-level variables (csakidno, cmcokidno, cmvolkidno) are coded as “–8” (inapplicable), and those cases remain in the dataset.
Question asked in the latest wave:
childmaintenance_w13.rtoget
Question label:
Marital Status at time relationship ended
Question text:
I am now going to ask you some questions about CHILD NAME's mother/father and the time when you separated. Can I just check, which of these best describes the relationship you once had with CHILD NAME's mother/father?
Question universe:
if CMRoute = 1 (If biological/adoptive parent of child aged under 16 or child aged 16-19 in full-time education, whose other biological/adoptive parent is not currently resident in the HH)
and if CSACalc = 1 | 2 (If child's non-resident biological/adoptive parent is alive)
and if EXSAME DK | REF (Number of non-resident biological/adoptive parents is not unknown)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 3 | 0.2% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 491 | 32.03% |
| refusal | -2 | 38 | 2.48% |
| don't know | -1 | 5 | 0.33% |
| A married couple, living together | 1 | 377 | 24.59% |
| An unmarried couple, living together | 2 | 287 | 18.72% |
| An unmarried couple, not living together | 3 | 149 | 9.72% |
| Not a couple | 4 | 150 | 9.78% |
| SPONTANEOUS: We are still a couple, but we don't live together | 5 | 33 | 2.15% |
| Total | 1533 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.17 | 537 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.18 | 996 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 7 | 0.36% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 616 | 31.98% |
| refusal | -2 | 51 | 2.65% |
| don't know | -1 | 13 | 0.67% |
| A married couple, living together | 1 | 471 | 24.45% |
| An unmarried couple, living together | 2 | 363 | 18.85% |
| An unmarried couple, not living together | 3 | 207 | 10.75% |
| Not a couple | 4 | 154 | 8.0% |
| SPONTANEOUS: We are still a couple, but we don't live together | 5 | 44 | 2.28% |
| Total | 1926 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14 | 687 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.16 | 1239 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.22% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 116 | 25.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.66% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.44% |
| A married couple, living together | 1 | 128 | 28.01% |
| An unmarried couple, living together | 2 | 126 | 27.57% |
| An unmarried couple, not living together | 3 | 54 | 11.82% |
| Not a couple | 4 | 26 | 5.69% |
| SPONTANEOUS: We are still a couple, but we don't live together | 5 | 1 | 0.22% |
| Total | 457 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.94 | 122 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.94 | 335 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 3 | 0.09% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1120 | 31.82% |
| refusal | -2 | 92 | 2.61% |
| don't know | -1 | 74 | 2.1% |
| A married couple, living together | 1 | 884 | 25.11% |
| An unmarried couple, living together | 2 | 732 | 20.8% |
| An unmarried couple, not living together | 3 | 401 | 11.39% |
| Not a couple | 4 | 153 | 4.35% |
| SPONTANEOUS: We are still a couple, but we don't live together | 5 | 61 | 1.73% |
| Total | 3520 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 1289 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.05 | 2231 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1233 | 31.47% |
| refusal | -2 | 62 | 1.58% |
| don't know | -1 | 38 | 0.97% |
| a married couple, living together | 1 | 995 | 25.4% |
| an unmarried couple, living together | 2 | 861 | 21.98% |
| an unmarried couple, not living together | 3 | 417 | 10.64% |
| not a couple | 4 | 233 | 5.95% |
| SPONTANEOUS: We are still a couple, but we don't live together | 5 | 79 | 2.02% |
| Total | 3918 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.05 | 1333 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.09 | 2585 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 72 | 2.22% |
| don't know | -1 | 69 | 2.13% |
| a married couple, living together | 1 | 1227 | 37.86% |
| an unmarried couple, living together | 2 | 1009 | 31.13% |
| an unmarried couple, not living together | 3 | 531 | 16.38% |
| not a couple | 4 | 256 | 7.9% |
| SPONTANEOUS: We are still a couple, but we don't live together | 5 | 77 | 2.38% |
| Total | 3241 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.02 | 141 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.06 | 3100 |
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