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LS variable metadata
| MARST8 |
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| Table | ME81 1981 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | Marital status. 1981. |
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| Source | |
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| Code notes | |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | Single |
| 2 | Married (first marriage) |
| 3 | Remarried |
| 4 | Divorced |
| 5 | Widowed |
| 6 | Married (first marriage) with no usually resident spouse on Census form |
| 7 | Remarried, with no usually resident spouse on Census form |
| space | No 1981 Census record |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 501 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 288, page 65. |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 2225 |
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| m204name | PAABME81 |
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| fullname | (ME81)MARST8 |
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| description | |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| derived | Y |
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| derivation | 1981 Census. Derived from Question 4 |
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| codelist | Y |
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| formerly | MARST |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 1 |
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| occurs | 1 |
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| nmsasname | S32023 |
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| sasname | S31101 |
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| keyword | Marital |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME81 |
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