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Term: Divorce
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2007-06-12
Definition:
The marital status variable in the
Manitoba Health Insurance Registry Data
contains marital status information that parents have voluntarily reported to Manitoba Health. For more information, please read the
Divorce - Family Structure
concept.
In the 2005 article by Juby et a., divorce prevalence was measured by using the marital status variable recorded in the Registry for each six-month period to identify changes in marital status over time.
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References
- Juby H, Marcil-Gratton N, Le Bourdais C. When parents separate: Further findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (On-line report). Ottawa, ON: Department of Justice Canada, 2005. [Supplementary Content] (View)
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