WLS Codebooks
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Marriage
Q1MARRIAGE Marriage OVERVIEW The Marriage Module measures current marital status and provides an update on the marital status reported in the prior collection wave. Since we asked about cohabiting status for the first time in the 2011 round of interviews this is the first time we have been able to report on a change to a prior cohabiting relationship. BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily alphabetical. _____________________________________________________________________ q1c001re Current Marital Status q1c101re Current Cohabiting Status q1c003re Number of marriages as of this interview q1c102re Century Month when current cohabiting relationship began q1c005re Century Month when current marriage began q1c034sp Currently live with spouse/partner q1c035sp Reason why R and spouse are not living together q1c308re Status of 2011 marriage q1c309re Status of 2011 cohabiting relationship
q1c001re: Current Marital Status.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar1 x_mar3 x_mar4 x_mar6 x_mar6b x_mar9
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-3 | REFUSED | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1 | CURRENTLY MARRIED | 1135 | 863 | 1998 |
2 | SEPARATED | 3 | 1 | 4 |
3 | DIVORCED | 87 | 250 | 337 |
4 | WIDOWED | 205 | 702 | 907 |
5 | NEVER MARRIED | 31 | 52 | 83 |
q1c101re: Currently Cohabiting?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar1 x_mar3 x_mar11 x_mar14
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-3 | REFUSED | 0 | 1 | 1 |
-2 | 1135 | 863 | 1998 | |
1 | YES | 35 | 28 | 63 |
2 | NO | 292 | 977 | 1269 |
q1c003re: Number of marriages as of this interview
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: hc003re gc003re
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-3 | REFUSED | 2 | 0 | 2 |
0 | NEVER MARRIED | 31 | 53 | 84 |
1 | 1091 | 1472 | 2563 | |
2 | 287 | 274 | 561 | |
3 | 42 | 64 | 106 | |
4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
q1c102re: Century Month when current cohabiting relationship began
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar1 x_mar3 x_mar11 x_mar12 x_mar14
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-2 | 1427 | 1841 | 3268 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1027 - 1146 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
1168 - 1277 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
1282 - 1330 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
1344 - 1410 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
1417 - 1453 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
q1c005re: Century Month when current marriage began
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar1 x_mar2 x_mar4 x_mar6b x_mar7
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-3 | REFUSED | 2 | 1 | 3 |
-2 | 327 | 1006 | 1333 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
690 - 724 | 118 | 285 | 403 | |
725 - 742 | 209 | 194 | 403 | |
743 - 773 | 245 | 157 | 402 | |
774 - 886 | 298 | 100 | 398 | |
888 - 1448 | 261 | 126 | 387 |
q1c034sp: Currently live with spouse/partner
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar3 x_mar4 x_mar9 x_mar14
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-3 | REFUSED | 1 | 1 | 2 |
-2 | 290 | 977 | 1267 | |
1 | YES | 1146 | 869 | 2015 |
2 | NO | 25 | 22 | 47 |
q1c035sp: Reason why R and spouse/partner are not living together
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar4b x_mar9b x_mar14b
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-2 | 1437 | 1847 | 3284 | |
7 | Spouse/Partner Lives In Nursing Home/Assisted Living | 10 | 17 | 27 |
10 | Has Another Residence Elsewhere | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | R Lives In Nursing Home Or Assisted Living | 7 | 1 | 8 |
17 | Prefer To Live Apart By Mutual Consent | 4 | 2 | 6 |
22 | Spouse/Partner Live With Family For Health Reasons | 1 | 0 | 1 |
23 | R & S/P Live In Separate Nursing Home Or Assisted Living | 2 | 2 | 4 |
q1c308re: Status of 2011 marriage
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar4
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | Partial Interview | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-3 | Refused | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 198 | 610 | 808 | |
1 | Still In Marriage | 1109 | 849 | 1958 |
2 | Separated | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Ended In Divorce | 8 | 8 | 16 |
4 | Death Of Spouse | 145 | 402 | 547 |
q1c309re: Status of 2011 cohabiting relationship
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar1 x_mar3
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3520 | 3449 | 6969 |
-5 | Partial Interview | 9 | 8 | 17 |
-2 | 1426 | 1835 | 3261 | |
1 | Still in Cohabitation | 20 | 18 | 38 |
2 | Married Cohab Partner | 10 | 4 | 14 |
3 | Broke up with Partner | 0 | 3 | 3 |
4 | Partner died | 6 | 9 | 15 |