A. Person Information
Marital status
18. What is [the respondent's] marital status?
[] 1 Married
[] 2 Never married
[] 3 Living together
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
All Persons Aged 12 years and over
145. Column A18-A25
These questions apply only to persons aged 12 and years and over. If the person is less than 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.
147. Column A19: Marital status
Q. What is the respondent's marital status?
Enter the appropriate one-digit code in the shaded area:
a. Never married [1]
A person who has never gone through any type of formal or informal marriage (tribal, civil, religious, or other) and does not consider that he/she is presently "living together" with anyone, is to be coded as never married.
b. Married [2]
A person should be regarded as married if he/she says they are married, or when he/she has been through any form of marriage ceremony, whether tribal, civil, religious, or other, and is still married.
c. Living together [3]
A man and a woman may "live together" like husband and wife (even if they do not stay together in the same locality) without having gone through any form of marriage ceremony.
d. Separated [4]
A person who has been formally married should be regarded as separated if he/she is living apart from his/her spouse by Court order, or by mutual or unilateral decision. Those people who were living together and have separated should revert to their original status, i.e. never married, divorced, etc. They should only be regarded to be in separation if they are in such a separation through a court order, tribal, religious, mutual, or unilateral arrangement.
e. Divorced [5]
A person should be regarded as divorced if his/her marriage has ended. If the person has remarried then he/she is to be coded 2, as married.
f. Widowed [6]
This means that either the husband or the wife has died and the surviving partner has not remarried. If the surviving partner has remarried he/she is coded 2, as married.