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Mainstage Variable

dvm

Month divorce/CP dissolved

Datafile

Index term

Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
dvm1 marst change 1: Month divorce/CP dissolved indresp
dvm2 marst change 2: Month divorce/CP dissolved indresp
dvm3 marst change 3: Month divorce/CP dissolved indresp
dvm4 marst change 4: Month divorce/CP dissolved indresp
dvm5 marst change 5: Month divorce/CP dissolved indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

annualpartnershiphistory_w15.dvm

Question label:

Month divorce/CP dissolved

Question text:

In what month and year did your divorce or annulment {if MStatCh = 5} dissolved civil partnership {if MStatCh = 8} become 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
And if [DivFin = 1] // Divorce/dissolved civil partnership is final

Question interviewer instructions:

ENTER MONTH

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

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