VAR CF0147 MARITAL STATUS OF R

VAR CF0147    MARITAL STATUS OF R
              COLUMNS 186-186
              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     2000:  000909


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