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MGAGE17
TableME71 1971 Census - LS members
Short descriptionLS member's age at marriage - part year indicator. 1971.
Source1971 Census. Question B2 & B24.
Code notes

Variable coding

ValueLabel
0Marriage 0 to 5 mths after preceding birthday
1Marriage 6 to 11 mths after preceeding birthday
-1Male
-2Single
-3Aged Over 60
-9Missing

References

RefnumReference
646See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) pp. 267-270, pp. 33-34.

Additional information

ValueLabel
id3507
m204namePAABME71
fullname(ME71)MGAGE17
description
codedasMAIN
source1971 Census. Question B2 & B24.
derivedY
codelistY
notesThis field applies to ever-married women aged under 60 only. It is basically the same as MGAGEI7, which should be used in preference, as frequency counts showed some anomalous cases with this variable.
formerlyMGAGE1
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
occurs1
nmsasnameS22097
sasnameS21141
keywordMarital
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0ME71

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