Details of Element: Current Marital Status
Component of Demographic Questionnaire

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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 1981 1712 3693
Number of Distinct Participants 758 706 1464
Year First Collected 1991 1991 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 Never Married
    2 Married
    3 Separated
    4 Divorced
    5 Widowed
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 5.
Masterfile Index: 804-01-01
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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