VAR CF0147 MARITAL STATUS OF R
COLUMNS 160 - 160
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 8
1952: Are you married?
1956 and later: Are you married now and living with your husband/
wife-- or are you widowed, divorced, separated, or have you
never married?
MARITAL STATUS
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
For 1952, Rs who were not married at the time of interview have been
recoded to NA because their specific status as divorced, widowed,
never married etc. was not determined. Rs married at the time of the
1952 interview have all been coded 1 in VCF0147, with no 1952 cases
appearing in codes 2-7.
1960 pre variable 124 incorporated data from post marital status
variable 250 to establish the marital status of 22 no-pre cases.
Common law partners first began appearing as a volunteered code in
1964. In 1986 only, unmarried Rs were directly asked if they were
living as a partner with someone.
Note from 1990 and later documentation: 'If spouse is in a nursing
home or works in another city, or the family is in the process of
moving and is temporarily holding 2 residences, code 1 is used.'
In 1992, this question was not part of the short-form questionnaire;
for short-form 'panel' cases, however, 1990 study data were
incorporated into the 1992 marital status variable, except in cases
where additional information current to 1992 [as determined by the
interviewer] contradicted the marital status of 1990. In the latter
instances, the 1992 marital status variable was coded to reflect the
most complete and up-to-date information known by the interviewer.
1. Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)
2. Never married
3. Divorced
4. Separated
5. Widowed
7. Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc.1986])
8. R not married/partnered, refused to say whether never
married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992 only); DK
9. NA; no pre IW (1952); unmarried at time of IW (1952 only);
short- form 'new' cross-section (1992)
0. INAP, question not used
1952: 114 1956: 177 1958: 178
1960: 124 1962: 791 1964: 188
1966: 193 1968: 146 1970: 263(type 0)
1972: 295 1974: 2407 1976: 3370
1978: 505 1980: 409 1982: 526
1984: 430 1986: 598 1988: 418
1990: 553 1992: 3904 1994: 1204
1996: 960606 1998: 980573
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