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Description

QMARSTGB denotes whether the creators of the 1881 database altered the marital status as originally recorded.

The program makes the following corrections: First it alters ambiguous marital status. Then, those with an unknown marital status who are aged under 26 are assumed to be single and MARST is set to 6 (single), and QMARSTGB set to 1. If they are recorded as being a child or step child of the head of household, regardless of age, they are assumed to be single, and QMARSTGB is set to 1.

If an individual has a relationship to household head of wife or husband and a marital status of either single or unknown than their marital status is changed to married (MARST=1) and QMARSTGB set to 1.

If an individual has a marital status of married (MARST=1) yet is aged less than 16 then their marital status is changed to single (MARST=6) and QMARSTGB is set to 1.

Those individuals whose relationship is given as wife or husband and whose age is less or equal to 15 and whose marital status is given as ever- married (MARST is 1-5) then age is reset to missing and QAGEGB set to 2.

If an individual has a marital status of married (MARST=1) yet is aged less than 16 then their marital status is changed to single (MARST=6) and QMARSTGB is set to 1.

Comparability

QMARSTGB is only available in Great Britain.

Universe

Availability

• Great Britain: 1851, 1881, 1881