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LS variable metadata
| NMSTP21 |
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| Table | NM21 2021 Census - non-LS members |
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| Short description | Marital and civil partnership status. 2021. |
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| Source | 2021 Census. Question P4 (On 21 March 2021, what is your legal marital or registered civil partnership status?). |
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| Code notes | 1-9, -6 Missing |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | Single (never married and never registered a civil partnership) |
| 2 | Married |
| 3 | Separated, but still legally married |
| 4 | Divorced |
| 5 | Widowed |
| 6 | In a registered civil partnership |
| 7 | Separated, but still legally in a civil partnership |
| 8 | Formerly in a civil partnership which is now legally dissolved |
| 9 | Surviving partner from a civil partnership |
| -6 | Missing |
| -9 | No code required |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 5948 |
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| fullname | (NM21)NMSTP21 |
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| description | This variable identifies a person's legal marital or civil partnership status. |
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| codedas | |
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| source | 2021 Census. Question P4 (On 21 March 2021, what is your legal marital or registered civil partnership status?). |
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| derived | N |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | Classifies a person according to their legal marital or registered civil partnership status on Census Day 21 March 2021.
It is the same as the 2011 census variable "Marital status" but has been updated for Census 2021 to reflect the revised Civil Partnership Act that came into force in 2019.
In Census 2021 results, "single" refers only to someone who has never been married or in a registered civil partnership.
An extended marital status variable (MSTP21_EXT) provides a same-sex and opposite-sex breakdown of the categories. |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| keyword | Marital Status |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | - NMARCON7
- NMARST8
- NMRSTAT9
- NMSTP0
- NMSTP11
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