Details of Element: Marital Status
Component of Activities and Attitudes Quest.

Unique Name: marst
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? Yes

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 2830 799 3629
Number of Distinct Participants 1395 646 2041
Year First Collected 1958 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1994 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 Never Married
    1 Married
    2 Separated
    3 Divorced
    4 Widowed
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 4.
Masterfile Index: 501-01-42
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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