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

Unique Name: marst0
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 879 640 1519
Number of Distinct Participants 717 554 1271
Year First Collected 1963 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1994 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 Never been married
    2 Married, living w/ spouse
    3 Separated
    4 Widowed
    5 '?'
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 5.
Masterfile Index: 501-02-56
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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