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Tracking marital statuses

Added by Chetan Jethwa over 4 years ago. Updated 7 months ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
High
Assignee:
-
Category:
Questionnaire content
Start date:
11/19/2019
% Done:

100%


Description

I was wondering if it was possible to determine whether an individual was a single mother or divorced when they were younger from the dataset.
I looked into all of the data dictionaries and haven’t found a suitable variable.

I am currently using the ukhls_w8 datasets.

Thank you

#1

Updated by Stephanie Auty over 4 years ago

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Dear Chetan,

New entrants are asked their relationship history in the relationshiphistory module at the wave they join the survey (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/9/questionnaire-module/partnershiphistory_w9). The easiest way to access the data for all waves is to use the Marital and Cohabitation Histories dataset, available here: https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8473

You could use this in combination with the mother and father ids (w_mnpid, w_fnpid, w_mnspis, w_mnspid) of children in the w_indall file at each wave to find children living in a one parent household.

Best wishes,
Stephanie

#2

Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team over 1 year ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (Chetan Jethwa)
  • % Done changed from 80 to 100
#3

Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team 7 months ago

  • Category changed from Data analysis to Questionnaire content

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