1286.0 - Family, Household and Income Unit Variables, 2005
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/06/2005
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STANDARD QUESTION MODULES
30. The following points concerning application of the variable should be noted:
Derivation at the broad level 31. In household-based collections, 'Social marital status' is derived primarily from 'Relationship in household' information. Information on 'Age' and 'Usual residency' are also required, as parties to 'Social marital status' are both required to be aged 15 years or over, and to both be usual residents of the same dwelling. After age and usual residency have been established, a 'Social marital status' of 'married' exists when the relationship between two people usually resident in the same household is reported as: husband, wife, spouse, partner, de facto, common law husband/wife/spouse, lover, boyfriend, girlfriend (opposite sex couples only). Responses of 'Child under 15' and 'Visitor' indicate persons who are out of scope of this variable; all other responses are coded as 'Not married'. Deriving 'Social marital status' from 'Relationship in household' and 'Registered marital status': standard integrated question set 32. The standard integrated question set and derivation method provides an integrated approach to collecting both 'Social marital status' and 'Registered marital status' data in interviewer based household surveys. The stages explained below represent a printed version of procedures which in the ABS are usually performed using the CAI instrument; the two methods achieve results which are compatible. Broad 'Relationship in household' data are used to identify usual residents of a household who are aged 15 years or older. In particular, the data are used to identify persons in a couple relationship with another member of the household. A series of marital status questions is then used to distinguish between registered and de facto marriages and to identify the 'Registered marital status' of persons in scope. 33. The integrated question set and derivation method is as follows: Stage 1 - Deriving broad 'Social marital status' 34. The broad 'Social marital status' of each household member is derived according to the method described above in 'Derivation at the broad level' Stage 2 - Deriving detailed 'Social marital status' 35. In order to derive detailed 'Social marital status', the collection of part of 'Registered marital status' is also necessary. A 'Social marital status' of 'Married in a registered marriage' exists when the relationship between two persons of opposite sex who usually live in the same household, is reported as: husband, wife, spouse or partner, and the persons' 'Registered marital status' is reported as registered married. 36. A 'Social marital status' of 'Married in a de facto marriage' exists when the relationship between two persons who usually live in the same household is reported as: partner, de facto, common law husband/wife/spouse, fiance, lover, boyfriend, girlfriend (opposite sex couples only), etc.; or when the persons' relationship is reported as husband, wife or spouse and the persons' 'Registered marital status' is reported as a category other than registered married. 37. Responses of 'Child under 15' and 'Visitor' indicate persons who are out of scope of this variable; all other responses are coded as 'Not married'. 38.To ascertain the existence of a registered marriage, Q1 is asked (once per opposite sex couple) to determine if a husband, wife or partner relationship is either a registered marriage or a de facto marriage. Persons in same-sex couples are sequenced to Q2.
39. If the answer is 'yes', the detailed 'Social marital status' of each member of the couple is 'Married in a registered marriage' (see Table 1). If the answer is 'no', the detailed 'Social marital status' is 'Married in a de facto marriage' (also Table 1). Table 1 Detailed 'Social marital status' decision table
NOTE: * Data from this question not required for derivation of detailed 'Social marital status' Derivation at the detailed level, including type of de facto marriage 40. Derivations at this level are identical to the derivations applied at the detailed level, with same-sex couples being further identified by cross-classification of the couples' reported sex. Stage 3 - Deriving 'Registered marital status' 41. This stage is necessary for the collection of the ABS Standard Variable 'Registered marital status'. Note that from Q1, if the answer is 'yes', then the 'Registered marital status' of each member of the couple is 'Married'. All persons in scope whose detailed 'Social marital status' is not 'Married in a registered marriage' are asked the following question:
42. 'Registered marital status' is coded according to the response category chosen (see Table 2). However, some respondents may give answers different from the first five options listed in Q2. The categories 'de facto', 'single' and 'not married' are included on the interview form or the interviewer's computer screen. However, these categories are not included on any prompt card that is shown to the respondent. 43. If the response 'single', 'not married' or 'de facto' is given rather than one of the standard response categories 1-5 above, the following question is asked:
44. If the response is 'no', then the person's 'Registered marital status' is 'Never married'. If the response is 'yes', the following question is asked:
45. 'Registered marital status' is coded accordingly. Table 2 'Registered marital status' decision table
NOTE: * Data from this question not required for derivation of 'Registered marital status' Question 2: 1 = Never married 2 = Widowed 3 = Divorced 4 = Separated but not divorced 5 = Registered married 6 = De facto 7 = Single 8 = Not married Question 4: 1 = Widowed 2 = Divorced 3 = Separated Self-completed collections 46. The data used to form the input to the 'Social marital status' classification are derived from those collected for 'Relationship in household'. The questionnaire module is explained in the 'Relationship in household' standard. The methodology is the same as that described above in 'Derivation at the broad level'. The census also asks the following question on 'Registered marital status', responses to which are used to refine 'Social marital status' in the manner described above in 'Stage 2 - Deriving detailed 'Social marital status''.
STANDARD INPUT CATEGORIES 47. The standard input categories are the same as the categories of the classification and also includes the supplementary category, 'Not stated':
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