VCF0147 Marital Status of R

QUESTION:
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1952:  Are you married?
1956 AND LATER:  Are you married now and living with your husband/
wife (2002: spouse)-- or are you widowed, divorced, separated, or
have you never married?

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Married and living with spouse (or spouse in service)
2.  Never married
3.  Divorced
4.  Separated
5.  Widowed
7.  Partners; not married (VOLUNTEERED [exc.1986])

MISSING_CODES:
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8.  R not married/partnered, refused to say whether never
      married, divorced, separated or widowed (1992
      only); DK
9.  NA; no Pre IW; unmarried at time of IW (1952 only);
      short-form 'new' Cross-Section (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Common law partners first appeared as a volunteered code in 1964.  
Interviewer instruction 1990 and later:  'If spouse is in a nursing
home or works in another city, or the family is in the process of
moving and is temporarily holding 2 residences, code 1 is used.'
1952 NOTE:
Rs who were not married have been recoded to NA because their specific 
status as divorced, widowed, never married etc. was not determined.  Rs 
married at the time of the 1952 interview have all been coded 1 in 
VCF0147, with no 1952 cases appearing in codes 2-7.
1960 NOTE:
1960 pre variable was used except for 22 no-pre cases, for which post 
marital status was used.
1986 NOTE:
Unmarried Rs were directly asked if they were living with a partner.
1992 NOTE:
This question was not part of the 'short-form' questionnaire; for short-
form panel cases, however, 1990 study data were incorporated, except in 
cases where additional information current to 1992 [as determined by the
interviewer] contradicted the marital status of 1990.  In the latter
instances, the 1992 marital status variable was coded to reflect the
most complete and up-to-date information known by the interviewer.
2002 NOTE:
For panel cases, 2000 data were included.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520114 
1956:  560177 
1958:  580176 
1960:  600124 
1962:  620791 
1964:  640188
1966:  660193 
1968:  680146 
1970:  700263(type 0)  
1972:  720295 
1974:  742407 
1976:  763370
1978:  780505 
1980:  800409 
1982:  820536 
1984:  840430 
1986:  860598 
1988:  880418
1990:  900553 
1992:  923904  
1994:  941204 
1996:  960606  
1998:  980573 
2000:  000909
2002:  023127,023127a
2004:  043251