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Mainstage Variable

divfin

Divorce final check

Datafile

Index term

Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
divfin1 marst change 1: Divorce final check indresp
divfin2 marst change 2: Divorce final check indresp
divfin3 marst change 3: Divorce final check indresp
divfin4 marst change 4: Divorce final check indresp
divfin5 marst change 5: Divorce final check indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.divfin

Question label:

Divorce final check

Question text:

Is your divorce {if MStatCh = 5} dissolved civil partnership {if MStatCh = 8} legally final?

Question universe:

if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // Interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
And if [RelUp > 1] // Not in the group 'last wave husband/wife/CP still resident'
And if [MStatSam = 1 | MStatSamN = 1] // Legal marital status has changed since last wave
And if [MStatCh = 5 | 8] // New legal marital status is divorced or former civil partner (civil partnership legally dissolved)
And if [DivChk = 2] // Date given for change of marital status was date stopped living together

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

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