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Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.

Marriage

o1marriage  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.
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    o1c001re         Current Marital Status
    o1c101re         Current Cohabiting Status
    o1c003re         Number of marriages as of this interview
    o1c102re         Century Month when current cohabiting relationship began
    o1c005re         Century Month when current marriage began
    o1c034sp   	     Currently live with spouse/partner
    o1c035sp         Reason why R and spouse are not living together
    o1c308re         Status of 2011 marriage
    o1c309re         Status of 2011 cohabiting relationship

o1c001re: Current Marital Status.

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2020      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar1 x_mar3 x_mar4 x_mar6 x_mar6b x_mar9

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3738 3481 7219
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 2 2 4
1 CURRENTLY MARRIED 532 418 950
2 SEPARATED 5 1 6
3 DIVORCED 53 97 150
4 WIDOWED 80 306 386
5 NEVER MARRIED 27 36 63

o1c101re: Currently Cohabiting?

Data source: Sibling 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 3738 3481 7219
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 2 2 4
-2 532 418 950
1 YES 18 16 34
2 NO 147 424 571

o1c003re: Number of marriages as of this interview

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2020      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: hc003re gc003re

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3738 3481 7219
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 2 2 4
0 NEVER MARRIED 27 36 63
1 508 643 1151
2 131 146 277
3 27 27 54
4 4 5 9
5 0 1 1

o1c102re: Century Month when current cohabiting relationship began

Data source: Sibling 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 3738 3481 7219
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 2 2 4
-2 679 842 1521
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
838 - 1185 4 2 6
1194 - 1284 5 1 6
1315 - 1344 4 2 6
1345 - 1378 1 5 6
1381 - 1443 4 5 9

o1c005re: Century Month when current marriage began

Data source: Sibling 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 3738 3481 7219
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 2 2 4
-3 REFUSED 2 1 3
-2 165 440 605
596 - 753 95 96 191
754 - 804 95 94 189
805 - 864 113 77 190
865 - 989 119 73 192
990 - 1448 108 77 185

o1c034sp: Currently live with spouse/partner

Data source: Sibling 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 3738 3481 7219
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 2 2 4
-2 147 424 571
1 YES 540 422 962
2 NO 10 12 22
Note: Participants expressed a a range of definitions for cohabiting. Some people who reported living with someone in the prior wave still consider themselves in a cohabiting relationship even though they are no longer living in the same home, most often due to health reasons. In addition, some people reported new cohabiting relationships when their partner lived down the hall in their shared building.

o1c035sp: Reason why R and spouse/partner are not living together

Data source: Sibling 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 3738 3481 7219
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 2 2 4
-2 687 846 1533
7 Spouse/Partner Lives In Nursing Home/Assisted Living 6 6 12
16 R Lives In Nursing Home Or Assisted Living 2 2 4
17 Prefer To Live Apart By Mutual Consent 2 3 5
18 Part-Time Cohabitation 0 1 1

o1c308re: Status of 2011 marriage

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2020      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar4

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3738 3481 7219
-5 Partial Interview 2 2 4
-2 113 294 407
1 Still In Marriage 520 403 923
2 Separated 2 0 2
3 Ended In Divorce 11 5 16
4 Death Of Spouse 51 156 207

o1c309re: Status of 2011 cohabiting relationship

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2020      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_mar1 x_mar3

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3738 3481 7219
-5 Partial Interview 2 2 4
-2 684 837 1521
1 Still in Cohabitation 10 4 14
2 Married Cohab Partner 0 11 11
3 Broke up with Partner 3 2 5
4 Partner died 0 4 4

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