ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> British Household Panel Survey Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histories, 1991-2009 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5629</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Pronzato, C.<br>University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Original Data Producer</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> January 2011 (3rd Edition) </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Pronzato, C., <i> British Household Panel Survey Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histories, 1991-2009</i> [computer file]. <i>3rd Edition.</i> University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research, [original data producer(s)]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], January 2011. SN: 5629, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5629-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Institute for Social and Economic Research </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5629 . British Household Panel Survey Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histories, 1991-2009<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Pronzato, C. , University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research</h5> <h3>Original Data Producer:</h3> <h5>University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This project used data from the <i>British Household Panel Survey</i> (BHPS) (held at the Archive under GN 33196), to compile a consolidated marital, cohabitation and fertility file, containing retrospective lifetime histories and subsequent panel data related to respondents' partnerships and childbearing.<br> <br> For the third edition (January 2011), updated data and documentation, covering BHPS waves up to 18, were deposited.<br> <br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The file includes variables covering childbirth, twins, unions (covering marriages and cohabitations), partners, and dates of separation or end of union.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> 1991 - 2009 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Great Britain <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Government Office Regions (GORs); Some regions are further subdivided, e.g. West Yorkshire. <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Respondents to the BHPS Waves 1-18 (1991-2009). </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Longitudinal/panel/cohort <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> See documentation for details of sampling. <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 32,342 cases. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Compilation or synthesis of existing material; Data collected at Waves 1-18 of the BHPS. <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> See main BHPS documentation for details of BHPS weighting. </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Longitudinal, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: longitudinal@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 25 April 2007<br></h5> <h3>Date of Latest Release: </h3><h5>14 January 2011 ( 3rd Edition )</h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> Institute for Social and Economic Research</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>