| Project name: |
Marital Status Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Module 3 to British Election Study 2010 |
| Project submitted date: |
10 December 2015 |
| Project published date: |
22 December 2015 |
| Author: |
Winters, Kristi |
| Author: |
Netscher, Sebastian |
| Harmonization syntax |
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| SPSS syntax: |
RECODE Q161 (8 = SYSMIS) (9 = SYSMIS) (1 = 1.00) (2 = 1.00) (3 = 3.00) (4 = 3.00) (5 = 2.00) (6 = 4.00) INTO c2004.VARIABLE LABELS c2004 ' new harmonized variable '. EXECUTE. |
| Stata syntax: |
generate c2004 = q161 recode c2004 (8 =.) (9 =.) (1 = 1) (2 = 1) (3 = 3) (4 = 3) (5 = 2) (6 = 4) label variable c2004 "new harmonized variable" |
| Project |
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| Project notes: |
This project harmonizes the CSES Module 3 (2006–2011) variable 'Marital status' with the British Election Study 2010 variable 'Marital status'. |
| Project end use notes: |
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| Concept |
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| Concept name: |
Marital status |
| Definition: |
Marital status refers to whether the respondent is married or not. Expansion of marital status categories beyond ‘single’ and ‘married’ include ‘widow/er’ ‘divorced’ and ‘separated’. Cohabitation refers to two people, not married, who live together in an intimate relationship on a long-term basis. |
| Concept comments: |
Both surveys harmonized here provide response options that conflate the concepts of marital status and cohabitation in this measurement. These categories do not capture same-sex civil partnerships or changes in same-sex marriage laws. |
| Literature: |
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| Target Variable |
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| Target name: |
c2004 |
| Target label: |
Marital or Civil Union Status |
| Sampling level: |
Individual / Microdata |
| Measurement level: |
Nominal |
| Target question wording: |
Respondent’s marital or civil union status |
| Response options and coding: |
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7.00:Refused |
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8.00:Don't know |
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9.00:Missing |
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1.00:Married or living together as married |
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2.00:Widowed |
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3.00:Divorced or separated (married but separated) |
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4.00:Single, never married |
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5.00:(See election notes) |
| Source Variable |
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| Source name: |
q161 |
| Source label: |
Marital Status |
| Sampling level: |
Individual / Microdata |
| Measurement level: |
Nominal |
| CS Pro instance name: |
di-default |
| Source question wording: |
What is your marital status? Are you: |
| Response options and coding: |
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8:Skipped |
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9:Not Asked |
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1:Married |
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2:Living with a partner |
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3:Separated (after being married) |
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4:Divorced |
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5:Widowed |
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6:Single (never married) |
| Source definition: |
Question wording taken from http://bes.utdallas.edu/2009/bes-data/cses/MEMOCSES.pdf. Note that the BES CSES survey is a free-standing national post-election internet survey. It is not a subset of questions asked in any other BES survey. |
| Source variable dataset: |
The British Election Study http://www.bes2009-10.org/ 2010 BES CSES DATA 12 May to 3 Jun-2010, Great Britain., GB YouGov Panel members Sample size is N = 927. Internet panel Weights: The standard YouGov weight is W8. Two other weights are also available. |
| Date last accessed: |
July 29 2014. |
| Source variable comments: |
‘The questionnaire includes the CSES Module 3 questions in the order suggested by the CSES planning committee. Also included are some standard BES questions, e.g., the BES party identification question, to facilitate comparisons of results produced by CSES and BES measures of key variables.’ http://bes.utdallas.edu/2009/bes-data/cses/MEMOCSES.pdf
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