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MARST

Description

MARST gives each person's marital status.

MARST was collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview. Marital status was not collected at the time of the ATUS interview.

Universe

2003-2010: CPS household members age 15+.

Quality flags

QMARST
MARST: allocation flag

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Married - spouse present 11003 7650 6635 6416 6085 6165 6411 6322
2 Married - spouse absent 224 149 167 200 169 191 187 241
3 Widowed 1655 1061 1108 1140 1075 1194 1213 1175
4 Divorced 2510 1663 1705 1676 1683 1736 1794 1796
5 Separated 512 331 359 380 331 388 344 369
6 Never married 4816 3119 3064 3131 2905 3049 3184 3357
99 NIU (Not in universe) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --