why not living with both biological parents
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Index term
Derived variable note:
Reason for not living with both biological parents at age 14. Coding frame aligned to UKHLS.
See LVAG14, LVAG16, AGELH
Derived variable note:
Uses W_YNLP14 W_LVAG16 on data file W_INDRESP
Uses BW_YNLP14 BW_LVAG16 on data file BW_INDRESP/
Question asked in the latest wave:
familybackground_w15.ynlp14
Question label:
Why not living with both biological parents
Question text:
Why were you not living with both your own parents when you were aged 14?
Question universe:
if [(ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS) & ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds
And if [LVAG16 = 2] // Did not live with both biological parents until 16
And if [LVAG14] > 1] // Not living with biological mother and father at age 14
Question interviewer instructions:
CODE ANSWER FROM RESPONSE GIVEN
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32476 | 98.86% |
| proxy | -7 | 74 | 0.23% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Parents never married or lived together | 1 | 22 | 0.07% |
| One or both parents died | 2 | 26 | 0.08% |
| Parents separated or divorced | 3 | 214 | 0.65% |
| One or both parents not in the UK | 4 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Other | 97 | 31 | 0.09% |
| Total | 32849 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33591 | 94.7% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 15 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 12 | 0.03% |
| Parents never married or lived together | 1 | 129 | 0.36% |
| One or both parents died | 2 | 272 | 0.77% |
| Parents separated or divorced | 3 | 1120 | 3.16% |
| One or both parents not in the UK | 4 | 20 | 0.06% |
| Other | 97 | 178 | 0.5% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 3684 | 8.15% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 10 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 22 | 0.05% |
| parents never married or lived together | 1 | 60 | 0.13% |
| one or both parents died | 2 | 163 | 0.36% |
| parents separated or divorced | 3 | 386 | 0.85% |
| one or both parents not in the uk | 4 | 20 | 0.04% |
| other | 97 | 75 | 0.17% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 37142 | 72.84% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 18 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 37 | 0.07% |
| parents never married or lived together | 1 | 676 | 1.33% |
| one or both parents died | 2 | 3035 | 5.95% |
| parents separated or divorced | 3 | 5624 | 11.03% |
| other | 97 | 1200 | 2.35% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 7 | 0.04% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 12467 | 76.78% |
| -7 | 891 | 5.49% | |
| refusal | -2 | 17 | 0.1% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 16238 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 102017 | 60.59% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 52268 | 31.04% |
| parents never married or lived together | 1 | 928 | 0.55% |
| one or both parents died | 2 | 4017 | 2.39% |
| parents separated or divorced | 3 | 7583 | 4.5% |
| one or both parents not in the uk | 4 | 20 | 0.01% |
| other | 97 | 1544 | 0.92% |
| Total | 168377 | 100.0% |
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