Questionnaire Text

Argentina 1970 Costa Rica 2000 Hungary 2001 Philippines 1995
Argentina 1980 Costa Rica 2011 Hungary 2011 Philippines 2000
Argentina 1991 Cuba 2002 Jamaica 2001 Philippines 2010
Argentina 2001 Cuba 2012 Kyrgyzstan 1999 Poland 2002
Armenia 2001 Côte d'Ivoire 1988 Kyrgyzstan 2009 Poland 2011
Armenia 2011 Côte d'Ivoire 1998 Laos 2015 Portugal 1991
Austria 1971 Dominican Republic 1960 Lesotho 2006 Portugal 2001
Austria 1981 Dominican Republic 1970 Liberia 2008 Puerto Rico 1970
Austria 1991 Dominican Republic 1981 Mali 2009 Puerto Rico 1980
Austria 2001 Dominican Republic 2002 Mauritius 1990 Puerto Rico 1990
Belarus 1999 Dominican Republic 2010 Mauritius 2000 Romania 2002
Belarus 2009 Ecuador 1962 Mauritius 2011 Romania 2011
Benin 1992 Ecuador 1974 Mexico 1960 Russia 2002
Benin 2002 Ecuador 1982 Mexico 1970 Russia 2010
Benin 2013 Ecuador 1990 Mexico 1990 Rwanda 1991
Bolivia 2001 Ecuador 2001 Mexico 1995 Rwanda 2002
Bolivia 2012 Ecuador 2010 Mexico 2000 Saint Lucia 1991
Botswana 1991 El Salvador 1992 Mexico 2010 Senegal 2013
Botswana 2001 El Salvador 2007 Mexico 2015 Sierra Leone 2015
Botswana 2011 Ethiopia 2007 Mexico 2020 South Africa 1996
Brazil 1960 Fiji 2007 Mongolia 2000 South Africa 2001
Brazil 1970 Fiji 2014 Mozambique 1997 South Africa 2007
Brazil 1980 France 2006 Mozambique 2007 South Africa 2011
Brazil 1991 France 2011 Nicaragua 1971 South Africa 2016
Brazil 2000 Ghana 2000 Nicaragua 1995 Spain 2001
Brazil 2010 Ghana 2010 Nicaragua 2005 Tanzania 2002
Cameroon 2005 Greece 2011 Panama 1960 Togo 1960
Canada 2011 Guatemala 1964 Panama 1970 Togo 2010
Chile 1960 Guatemala 1973 Panama 1980 Ukraine 2001
Chile 1970 Guatemala 1981 Panama 1990 Uruguay 1963
Chile 1982 Guatemala 1994 Panama 2000 Uruguay 1975
Chile 1992 Guatemala 2002 Panama 2010 Uruguay 1985
Chile 2002 Guinea 1996 Paraguay 1962 Uruguay 1996
Colombia 1964 Guinea 2014 Paraguay 1972 Uruguay 2006
Colombia 1973 Haiti 1971 Paraguay 1982 Uruguay 2011
Colombia 1985 Haiti 1982 Paraguay 1992 Venezuela 1971
Colombia 1993 Haiti 2003 Paraguay 2002 Venezuela 1981
Colombia 2005 Honduras 1961 Peru 1993 Venezuela 1990
Costa Rica 1963 Honduras 1974 Peru 2007 Venezuela 2001
Costa Rica 1973 Honduras 1988 Peru 2017 Zambia 2000
Costa Rica 1984 Honduras 2001 Philippines 1990 Zambia 2010
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Argentina 1970 — source variable AR1970A_MARST — Marital status
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Other Characteristics
[Questions 18-19.]


19. What is your current marital status?

For all individuals 12 years of age and older.

Ask each question in the order given and upon receiving an affirmative response, mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Consensual union?
[] 2 Married?
[] 3 Separated or divorced?
[] 4 Widowed?
[] 5 Single?
[] 6 Unanswered

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Other Characteristics

1. In this section there are two questions: number 18 and number 19. Remember that you should ask question 18 of all women who are twelve years old and older.


[p.196]

5. The last question on the census is number 19. This question will be answered by all of the [persons] of [12] years or older (consult the census form).

Ask one question at a time in the indicated order, and when you receive an affirmative response, mark the corresponding box.

[p.197]

6. How would you place the following answers in the census form next to question number 19?

--Single person who lives with her partner under martial condition and in stable condition, without having contracted legal marriage.

[x]1 Consensual union?
[]2 Married?
[]3 Separated or divorced?
[]4 Widow?
[]5 Single?
[]6 Don't know


-- Single person who has never been married and also does not live in a consensual union.
[]1 Consensual union?
[]2 Married?
[]3 Separated or divorced?
[]4 Widow?
[x]5 Single?
[]6 Don't know


[p.198]

7. If you receive this answer:
"Three years ago I was widowed and then I remarried; currently I live with my second wife."

Would you mark box 2 or 4?: [Box 2]

[p.199]

8. If in the previous case you mark box number 4 you will be making a mistake, because you should consider the marital status on the day of the census.

If another person tells you: "Five years ago I got married, shortly after, I separated from my wife and now I live in a union without contracting legal marriage. For the effects of the census, the marital status is:
[x]1 Consensual union?
[]2 Married?
[]3 Separated or divorced?


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Argentina 1980 — source variable AR1980A_MARST — Marital status
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C. Population

For all of the persons 14 years and more

[Questions 10-15 were asked of persons age 14 and older.]


15. What is your current civil status?

[] Married
[] Consensual union
[] Separated or divorced
[] Widowed
[] Single
[] Unanswered

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C. Population

Census home is a person or group of persons, related or not, who occupy the same dwelling. You will write down first the name and surname of the head of the household, then ask all the corresponding questions.


You will ask the following questions to all persons 14 years old or older.


15. What is your current civil state?
You will ask the questions in the order that they are presented.

You will ask about the civil state of the enumerated person on the day of the census.

Persons who live in a stable form in apparent matrimony without being married in accordance with the laws will be included filling out the cell "united de facto".


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Argentina 1991 — source variable AR1991A_MARST — Marital status
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For all women and men fourteen years of age or older.
[Questions 17-25 were asked of persons age 14 years +.]


[Questions 21-24 were asked of persons age 14+ who had a job last week (did formal or informal work or did not work due to sickness, vacation, etc.), per questions 17-19.]


25. [Marital status]

Currently, you are:

[] In a consensual union
[] Married in a legal union
[] Separated from a union or marriage
[] Divorced from a marriage
[] Widowed from a consensual union or marriage
[] Single, never formed a union or married
[] Unanswered

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The next questions (from 17 to 25) are asked to all women and men 14 years old or older


25. Currently, you are?

Here we mark the de facto conjugal situations at the moment of the Census, not the civil state.
If an enumerated person is male, with this question we end the interview.


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Argentina 2001 — source variable AR2001A_COHAB — Cohabitation
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[Questions 20-36 were asked of persons age 14+.]


21. Do you live with a partner or in matrimony?

[] Yes
[] No -- go to question 24 [skip questions 22-23]

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Starting here, men and women who are 14 years old and more should answer the questions.

Follow the order of the questions strictly.

Pay attention to the sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps to continue asking the questions.

The questions 20 to 23 refer to the marital status of the persons 14 years old or more.


Question 21: Do you live with your partner/spouse?

The "live with you partner/spouse" refers to the person who is 14 years old or more who lives in a relationship of partner or marriage in the same household at the moment of the Census, whether this is a consensual union (de facto) or legal (marriage).


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Armenia 2001 — source variable AM2001A_MARST — Marital status
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Is not completed for temporary presents
[Questions 16-32 were asked of persons absent and permanently present only. Persons who are temporarily present are not included.]


Q24a: What is your marital status?

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married, legally registered
[] 3 Married, unregistered
[] 4 Married, living separately
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced, legally registered
[] 7 Divorced, unregistered

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Questions 22-32 are registered only for the people of 15 years old and higher.


Question 24

For the people age 15 and older.

Your marital status

"Never married" prompt code is written for those people who have never been married.

"Married (registered)" prompt code is written for those people who are married at the time of the census and their marriage is registered in the city hall.

"Married/actually (without registration)" prompt code is written for those people who are factually married but they are not registered.

"Married but living separately" prompt code is written for those people who are married (registered or not) but they are living separately.

"Widowed" prompt code is written for those people whose marriage (regardless of being registered or not) was interrupted because of the death of one of the spouses.

"Divorced (registered)" prompt code is written for those people whose marriage was registered but in the present those people are divorced and those facts are registered.

"Divorced factually (without registration)" prompt code is written for those people who were married before (registered or not) but now they are divorced and these facts are not registered.


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Armenia 2011 — source variable AM2011A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions 18-20 are filled in for persons 15 years and over.]

18. Marital status

[] Never married
[] Married (registered)
[] Married (not registered)
[] Marriage carried out only with church canonical ritual
[] Widowed
[] Divorced (registered)
[] Separated (not registered)
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Question 24

Your marital status
The question is registered only for the people of 15 years old and higher.

"Column 24A"
The marital status

"1" "Never married" prompt code is written for those people who have never been married.
"2" "Married (registered)" prompt code is written for those people who are married at the time of the census and their marriage is registered by the Civil Registry Agency.
"3" "Married in fact (not registered)" prompt code is written for those people who are factually married but their marriage is not registered by the Civil Registry Agency.
"4" "Married, only by ritual canon in church" prompt code is written for those people who are married at the time of the census and their marriage is registered only by the ritual canon in Armenian Apostolic church.
"5" "Widowed" prompt code is written for those people whose marriage (regardless of being registered or not) was interrupted because of the death of one of the spouses.
"6" "Divorced (registered)" prompt code is written for those people whose marriage was registered but in the present those people are divorced and those facts are registered by the Civil Registry Agency.
"7" "Divorced in fact (not registered)" prompt code is written for those people who were married before (registered or not) but now they are divorced and these facts are not registered by the Civil Registry Agency.


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Austria 1971 — source variable AT1971A_COHAB — Cohabitation status
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[Questions 1 - 9 were asked of all persons]


6. Marital status:

[] Single
[] Married

________ Date of marriage (day, month, year)

[] Widowed
[] Divorced


For Question 6, Marital status: The date of the marriage should only be given by married persons, namely for existing marriages.


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Austria 1981 — source variable AT1981A_COHAB — Cohabitation status

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Austria 1991 — source variable AT1991A_COHAB — Cohabitation status

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Austria 2001 — source variable AT2001A_COHAB — Cohabitation status

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Belarus 1999 — source variable BY1999A_MARST — Marital status
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8. Marital status (for persons aged 15 and over)
[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Registered marriage
[] 3 Common law marriage
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Separated


___ No. of the spouse in the list of residents in the dwelling

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Question 8. Marital status (for persons aged 15 years and over)

For persons aged 15 years and over the code is to be marked, which corresponds to one of the prompts listed.

"Never married" should be marked for persons who have never been either in a registered or in a common law (unregistered) marriage.

"Registered marriage" is to be marked for persons presently married, their marriage being registered with the registry office.

"Common law marriage" is to be marked for persons presently married without registration with the registry office.

For those married the serial No. of the spouse within the dwelling is to be entered, i.e. the number indicated against his/her family name in the list of residents in the dwelling (column 1) if the spouse lives in the same household.

"Widowed" is to be marked for persons having been married earlier (whether their marriage registered or not) whose marriage has been stopped because of the death of the spouse and who have not remarried.

"Divorced" is to be marked for persons who have been earlier in a registered marriage, but at the moment are unmarried, their divorce being registered with the registry office.

"Separated" is to be marked for persons who have been earlier in a registered marriage, but at the moment are unmarried, their divorce not being registered with the registry office, as well as for persons who have been earlier in unregistered marriage and at the moment are separated.

For persons under 15 years of age the answer to this question is usually not to be completed. Only if a person questioned is de facto married, the corresponding response should be marked.

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Belarus 2009 — source variable BY2009A_MARST — Marital status
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Form 2H: Personal Questionnaire

4. Your marital status?

For individuals 15 years old and senior.
[Question 4 was asked of persons age 15+.]
[] 1 Was never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 In common law marriage
[] 4 Widow, widower
[] 5 Officially divorced
[] 6 Split
Number of (cohabiter) spouse (from column 1 of the list of household members in Form 1-premise) _ _ _
[This question was asked of persons who were married or were in common law marriage.]
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33.3. In question 4 "Your marital status?":
- the answer "married" is to be completed for persons in a married couple registered with the civil registry offices;

- the answer "in common law marriage" should be completed for persons in a consensual union who live in the same household and have marriage-like relationship with each other that are not registered with the civil registry offices;

- the answer "widow, widower" is to be completed for persons previously married whose marriage was stopped due to death or adjudication of death case of the spouse and who did not remarry;

- the answer "divorced" is to be completed for persons previously in a registered marriage who at the census moment were unmarried with their divorce being registered with the civil registry office;

- the answer "separated" is to be completed for persons in a registered marriage who do not jointly keep the house. These also include persons previously in unregistered marriage who at the census moment were separated;

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Benin 1992 — source variable BJ1992A_MARST — Marital status
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Persons of 10 years or more of age

[Questions in columns 17 - 21 were asked of persons age 10 or older.]

(17) Marital status

[] 0 Single (C)
[] 1 Monogamous marriage (M1)
[] 2 Polygamous marriage with 2 wives (M2)
[] 3 Polygamous marriage with 3 or more wives (M3)
[] 4 Divorced (D)
[] 5 Widowed (V)
[] 6 Separated (S)
[] 7 Free union (UL) [unmarried couple]
[] 9 Undeclared (ND)
[] 8 Not applicable (SO) [persons younger than 10]
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II. How to fill out the questionnaire (Document RGPH 2 Number 1).

Columns (17) to (21): These columns are only for persons older than 10 i.e. born before February 1982.

Column (17): Marital Status
Is considered married, each individual whose union was celebrated in a civil, religious, or customary rite. The census agent shall circle the codes according to the interviewee's answer.

[] 0 Single i.e. a man or a woman who was never been married.
[] 1 M1: monogamous marriage
[] 2 M2: polygamous marriage with 2 wives
[] 3 M3: polygamous marriage with 3 wives
[] 4 M4+: polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives
[] 5 D: divorced for each person whose marriage ended through divorce and has not remarried.
[] 6 V: widowed for each person who was married and has lost his or her partner through death and was not remarried at the time of the census.
[] 7 S: separated for each person previously married but declares to be separated at the time of the census.
[] 8 UL (free union) [unmarried couple] for each person living with a partner without an official celebration of a legal marriage, religious or customary.

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Benin 2002 — source variable BJ2002A_MARST — Marital status
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For all persons
[Questions in columns 1 to 11 were asked of all persons]

Now we would like to ask for information on you and the persons habitually living in your household or currently residing in your home

Persons of 10 years or more of age
[Question 23 was asked of persons 10+ years old]

(23) Marital status

[] 0 Single
[] 1 Monogamous marriage
[] 2 Polygamous marriage with 2 wives
[] 3 Polygamous marriage with 3 wives
[] 4 Polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Separated
[] 8 Free union [unmarried couple]
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v) Sociocultural characteristics

Column (23): Marital status
Column (23) only concerns residents of 10 and more years of age. For residents of less than 10, this column does not apply and the census agent shall leave it empty. (To this effect, verify with column 6 i.e. age).
The marital status is a person's situation in relation to marriage defined as the union between a man and a woman according to the laws and customs.
Ask the following question: "What is [the respondent]'s marital status?" and circle the code corresponding to the interviewee's declaration according to the following options.

[] 0. C: Single i.e. a man or a woman who was never been married;
[] 1. M1: monogamous marriage;
[] 2. M2: polygamous marriage with 2 wives;
[] 3. M3: polygamous marriage with 3 wives;
[] 4. M4+: polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives;
[] 5.D: divorced for each person whose marriage ended through divorce and has not remarried;
[] 6. V: widowed for each person who was married and has lost his or her partner through death and was not remarried at the time of the census;
[] 7. S: separated for each person previously married but declares to be separated at the time of the census;
[] 8. UL (free union) [unmarried couple] for each person living with a partner without an official celebration of a legal marriage, religious or customary.

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Benin 2013 — source variable BJ2013A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons aged 10 years or older
[Question 25 was asked of residents aged 10 years or older]

25. Marital status

[] 0 Single
[] 1 Monogamous marriage
[] 2 Polygamous marriage with 2 wives
[] 3 Polygamous marriage with 3 wives
[] 4 Polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Separated
[] 8 Free union (unmarried couple)
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25. Marital status

The question on marital status shall only be asked to men and women household residents age 10 or more.

For person younger than 10 years, leave columns 26, 27, 28, and 29 blank then skip to the person on the following line, if there is no other person, skip to question 30.

Marital status is defined as the existence or not of conjugal relations between two persons of the opposite sex. In light of existing laws and customs, one can distinguish:

Single: is considered single any person who has never been married;

Married: is married any person united by law, custom, or religion to another person of the opposite sex;

Monogamous marriage:

A man in a civil, religious, or customary union with one woman;
A woman in a civil, religious, or customary union with one man

Polygamous marriage with 2, 3, 4, or more women:

A man in a civil, religious, or customary union with 2, 3, 4, or more women;
A woman in a civil, religious, or customary union with a man who has 2, 3, 4, or more wives.

Divorced: is divorced any person who has severed all ties [legal or customary] that linked them to their partner and who has not remarried; however, a man in polygamous marriage who divorces one of his spouses remains married.

Widower/widow: is a widower/widow any person whose partner has died and who has not remarried; however, a man in polygamous marriage whose wife dies remains married.

Separated: is separated a person who has been abandoned or is separated from their partner, legally or not, but whose divorce has not yet been pronounced; however, a man in polygamous marriage who is separated from one of his spouses remains married.

Free union: is considered living in a free union, any person living with another person of the opposite sex without having had a civil, customary, or religious marriage celebrated.

The modality codes of the variable marital status are:

[] 0. Single
[] 1. Monogamous marriage [with 1 wife]
[] 2. Polygamous marriage with 2 wives
[] 3. Polygamous marriage with 3 wives
[] 4. Polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives
[] 5. Divorced
[] 6. Widow[er]
[] 7. Separated
[] 8. Free union
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Q: "Are you/is [the respondent] married?"

If yes, ask:
Monogamous marriage, polygamous marriage with 2 wives, polygamous marriage with 3 wives, polygamous marriage with 4 or more wives, or free union?

If no, ask:
Single, divorced, widow[er], or separated?
Circle the code corresponding to the declared answer.

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Bolivia 2001 — source variable BO2001A_MARST — Marital or conjugal status
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Chapter G. Only for persons 15 years old or more.
[Questions 48 and 49 were asked of all persons 15 years or older.]


48. What is your current civil status?

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Consensual union or concubine
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed

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Chapter G. Only for those 15 years of age and older

If the person is 15 years of age or older, question 48 is presented. If younger, the interview is ended and the next person is interviewed.


Question 48. What is your current marital status?

The question is presented to the person and the corresponding oval is filled in.


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Bolivia 2012 — source variable BO2012A_MARST — Marital status
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F4. Only for people at least 15 years old

45. What is your civil or marital status?

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Domestic partner or cohabiting partner
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
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F4. Only for people at least 15 years old.

45. Civil or marital status
On the census form, the question about civil or marital status is closed-ended and allows only one answer. Mark the appropriate circle or bubble.
Civil or marital status means each person's circumstance in relation to the laws or customs regarding marriage. The civil or marital status categories are:

1. Single: This is a person who has never had a civil or religious marriage and has never been in a domestic partnership.
2. Married: This is someone who has had a civil and/or religious marriage and currently lives in that state.
3. Domestic partner or cohabiting partner: This is someone currently in a stable relationship with their partner without having a legal marriage.
4. Separated: This is someone who entered into a legal marriage or a domestic partnership but does not currently live in that state because of the couple's de facto separation.
[p. 19]
5. Divorced: This is someone who entered into a legal marriage but does not currently live in that state because the couple has separated legally, i.e., through a judicial decree.
6. Widowed: This is someone who lost their spouse or domestic partner through death and who at the time of the census has not remarried or formed a new domestic partnership.

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Botswana 1991 — source variable BW1991A_MARST — Marital status
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Section A

(12 years and over)

11. Marital status

Is [the respondent] currently married?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Living together
[] 3 Never married
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
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Column A11: Marital Status

Is [the respondent] currently married?

Enter the appropriate one-digit code in the shaded area:

1 Married: A person should be regarded as married if he/she has been through any form of marriage ceremony, whether tribal, civil, religious or other, and is still married.

2 Living Together: 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.
[p.26]
3 Never Married: 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.

4 Separated: 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.

5 Divorced: 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 1, as married.

6 Widowed: 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 1, as married.

[Diagram on page 26 omitted]

[p.27]

In the sample questionnaire on page 26, James and Anne are coded as living together (code 2) in column A11. Mimi and Molelo are under 12 years old, so the question does not apply to them and dashes are entered. Anthony and David have never been married, so they are coded 3, while Thembe was widowed a few years ago and is coded 6.

Note that James had indicated to the enumerator that Anne was his spouse, yet, in response to the question on marital status, he said that they were living together, not married, since they had never formally married. You should accept what people tell you concerning their marital status and simply record their response; do not change the relationship code in A2. If the respondent tells you that the head and his/her "spouse" are "living together".


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Botswana 2001 — source variable BW2001A_MARST — Marital status
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All persons 12 years and over
[Questions A16-A26]

A20. What is [the person] marital status?

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Living together
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
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109b. Column A16-A26: These questions apply only to persons aged 12 years and more. If the person is under 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16 -- A32 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.

110. Column A20: Marital status

Q: What is [the person's] marital status?

Enter the appropriate one-digit code in the shaded area:

[] 1 Never married:
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 is presently "living together" with anyone is to be coded as never married.

[] 2 Married:
A person should be regarded as married if he has been through any form of marriage ceremony, whether tribal, civil, religious or other, and is still married.

[] 3 Living together:
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.

[] 4 Separated:
A person who has been formally married should be regarded as separated if he is living apart from his spouse by Court order, or by mutual or unilateral decision.

[] 5 Divorced:
A person should be regarded as divorced if his marriage has ended. If the person has remarried then he is to be coded 2, as married.

[] 6 Widowed:
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 or she is coded 2, as married.

Note that someone may indicate to you that the person is his spouse, yet, in response to the question on marital status, he said that they were living together, not married, since they had never formally married. You should accept what people tell you concerning their marital status and simply record their response; do not change the relationship code in A2 if the respondent tells you that the head and his "spouse" are "living together".


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Botswana 2011 — source variable BW2011A_MARST — Marital status
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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
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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.

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Brazil 1960 — source variable BR1960A_MARST — Marital status
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Only for people 10 years and older
[Applies to questions O - U]


P. If living with a partner, spouse, companion, consort, etc., indicate the nature of the union. If not living with a partner spouse, companion, consort, etc., indicate if person is:

[] 56 civil and religious marriage
[] 57 civil marriage only
[] 58 religious marriage only
[] 59 other
[] 60 single
[] 64 separated
[] 65 abandoned [desquitado]
[] 66 divorced
[] 67 widowed

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Question P - (1st part) If the [person] lives in the company of wife, husband, common-law spouse, consort, etc. - indicate the nature of the union

Question P is divided into two distinct parts; each person age 10 or over will answer only one of the parts.
The first part will be answered only by those who live in the company of a wife or husband and refers to the nature of the union with the spouse with whom the person currently lives (on the Date of the Census).
One of the following answers should be marked:

Civil and religious marriage - for persons who are married civilly and religiously;
Only civil marriage - For those who are married civilly without there having been a religious ceremony;
Only religious marriage - For those who are married only religiously;
Other - For those who are not married either civilly or religiously.


It should be noted that a ceremony held in any religion or sect should be considered a religious wedding.

Question P - (2nd Part) If [the respondent] does not live in the company of wife, husband, common-law spouse, consort, etc. - indicate whether he or she is:
In the 2nd part of Question P (which will be answered only by those who do not live in the company of spouse), the enumerator should indicate one of the following:

[p. 33]

Single - for those who have not contracted a civil or religious matrimony and do not live in the company of spouse;
Separated - for married persons (married civilly, civilly and religiously, or only religiously) who have separated without a legal separation or a ratified divorce and do not live in the company of another spouse;
Legally separated [desquitado] - for those who have ratified this marital status and do not live in the company of another spouse;
Divorced - for those who, having married pursuant to foreign law, have obtained a divorce and do not live in the company of another spouse;
Widow or widower - for any person whose spouse has died, when they were united by a civil, a civil and religious, or only a religious marriage and do not live in the company of another spouse.


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Brazil 1970 — source variable BR1970A_MARST — Marital status
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Only for people 10 years and older
[Applies to questions 18 - 22]


19. If living with a partner spouse, companion, etc., indicate the nature of the union. If not living with a partner spouse, companion, etc indicate if person is:

[] 1 civil and religious marriage
[] 2 civil marriage only
[] 3 religious marriage only
[] 4 other
[] 5 single
[] 6 separated
[] 7 legally separated [desquitado]
[] 8 divorced
[] 9 widowed

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Question 19 - Part 1 - If the respondent lives in the company of spouse, indicate the nature of the union

(Only for persons age 10 or over)

Record the appropriate case:

Civil and religious marriage - for persons who are married civilly and religiously, including those who, although having had only a religious ceremony, pursuant to the legislation in effect, now have valid documents referring to a civil act;
Only civil marriage - For those who are married only civilly;
Only religious marriage - For those who are married only religiously in any sect or religion;
Other - for those who live maritally, without having carried out a civil or religious wedding with each other.


Question 19 - Part 2 - If the respondent does not live in the company of a spouse, indicate whether he or she is:

(Only for persons age 10 or over)

Record the appropriate case:

Single - for those who have not contracted a civil or religious matrimony and do not live in the company of spouse;
Separated - for married persons (married civilly, civilly and religiously, or only religiously) who have separated without a legal separation or a ratified divorce and do not live in the company of another spouse;
Legally separated (Desquitado) - for those who have ratified this marital status and do not live in the company of another spouse;
Divorced - for those who, having married pursuant to foreign law, have obtained a divorce and do not live in the company of another spouse;


[p. 40]

Widow or widower - for those whose spouses have died and who were united by marriage (civil, civil and religious, or only religious) or in a consensual union and do not live in the company of another spouse.


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Brazil 1980 — source variable BR1980A_MARST — Marital status
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The following questions are to be filled out only for the person 10 years or older
[Applies to questions 25 -49]


26. If living with a partner - spouse, companion, etc indicate the nature of the union.

[] 1 civil and religious marriage
[] 2 civil marriage only
[] 3 religious marriage only
[] 4 other

If not living with a partner spouse, companion, etc indicate if person is:
[] 5 single
[] 6 separated
[] 7 abandoned (desquitado)
[] 8 divorced
[] 9 widowed

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The following questions will only be filled out for persons age 10 or over, that is, those born before September 1, 1970.

[Applies to questions 25-49]


Question 26 - 1st part - If the person lives in the company of his or her spouse, indicate the nature of the marriage bond
Mark:

Civil and religious marriage - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married civilly and religiously, including for those who, although having had only a religious ceremony, have valid documents pursuant to the legislation in effect;
Only civil marriage - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married only civilly;
Only religious marriage - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married only religiously, in any sect or religion; or
Other - for persons who live in the company of a spouse without having carried out a civil or religious marriage with this spouse.


Question 26 - 2nd part - If the person does not live in the company of a spouse, indicate if he or she is

Single - a person who has not contracted a civil or religious matrimony and does not live in the company of spouse;
Separated - a married person (married civilly, civilly and religiously, or only religiously) who has separated without a legal separation or a ratified divorce and does not live in the company of another spouse;
Legally separated - a person whose separation has been and does not live in the company of another spouse;


[p. 50]

Divorced - a person who has had this marital status ratified by a legal decision and does not live in the company of a spouse; or
Widow or widower - a person whose spouse has died and who was united to this person by marriage (civil, civil and religious, or only religious) or by a common-law marriage, and does not live in the company of another spouse.


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Brazil 1991 — source variable BR1991A_MARST1 — Married, nature of union
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[Questions 31 to 34 were asked of those who live or have lived in the company of a spouse, common-law husband or wife, etc.]


32. If live with partner - spouse, companion, etc., indicate the nature of the relationship

[] 1 civil and religious marriage
[] 2 only civil marriage
[] 3 only religious marriage
[] 4 consensual union

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Question 32 - 1st part - if the person lives in the company of his or her spouse or common-law spouse, mark the nature of the marriage bond
Mark:
1 - Civil and religious marriage - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married civilly and religiously, including for those who, although having had only a religious ceremony, have valid documents pursuant to the legislation in effect;
2 - Only civil marriage - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married only civilly;

[p. 71]
3 - Only religious marriage - for persons who live in the company of a spouse to whom they are married only religiously, in any religion or sect; or
4 - Common-law marriage - for persons who live in the company of a spouse without having carried out a civil or religious marriage with this spouse.


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Brazil 2000 — source variable BR2000A_SPOUSE — Live with spouse or partner
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For persons 10 years old or older (born until July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


4.36 Do you live in the company of a spouse or partner?

[] 1 yes
[] 2 no, but did live with one
[] 3 never lived with one

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For persons age 10 or over (born on or before July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


Question 4.36 - Do you live in the company of a spouse or common-law wife or husband?

Mark, as the case may be:

1 - Yes - only when the spouse or common-law wife or husband is a resident of the household;
2 - No, but has lived in the past - including in cases where the spouse or common-law wife or husband is no longer a resident; or
3 - Never lived - for persons who never lived in the company of a spouse or common-law wife or husband.


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Brazil 2000 — source variable BR2000A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons 10 years old or older (born until July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


4.38 What is your marital status?

[] 1 married
[] 2 abandoned or legally separated
[] 3 divorced
[] 4 widowed
[] 5 single

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For persons age 10 or over (born on or before July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


Question 4.38 - What is your marital status?

1 - Married - for persons whose marital status is married;
2 - Legally separated - for persons whose marital status is separated (desquitado or separado), ratified by a legal decision;
3 - Divorced - for persons whose marital status is divorced or separated, ratified by a legal decision;
4 - Widowed - for persons whose marital status is widow or widower;
5 - Single - for persons whose marital status is single;


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Brazil 2010 — source variable BR2010A_UNION — Nature of union
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6. Resident characteristics


Nuptiality
For persons 10 years of age or older
[Questions 6.37 to 6.40 were asked for persons 10 years of age and older.]


6.39 What is the nature of the union?

[] 1 Civil and religious marriage
[] 2 Only civil marriage
[] 3 Only religious marriage
[] 4 Consensual union

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Marriage
For residents 10 years of age or older

The purpose of this section is to know the marital status of the population, in order to conduct studies on family structures and marriage patterns.


6.39 - What was the nature of the union?
Depending on the situation, record:

1 - Civil and Religious Marriage: A person who is married by civil and religious ceremony, even if it one of the parties was not present, but the marriage was done according to religious and civil law.
2 - Civil marriage only: A person who is married only by a civil union.
3 - Religious marriage only: A person who is married only by a religious union.
4 - Cohabitation: A person who lives with someone without being married in civil or religious union. Consider this option even for those who live in stable relationships with notarized contracts.


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Canada 2011 — source variable CA2011A_MARST — Marital status (de facto)
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4. Is this person?

Mark an x in one circle only. People who are married according to traditional First Nations or aboriginal customs should be considered as legally married.

[] Never legally married
[] Legally married (and not separated)
[] Divorced
[] Widowed

5. Is this person living with a common-law partner?

Common-law refers to two people who live together as a couple but who are not legally married to each other.

[] Yes
[] No
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The Questions
Basic population information
Question 1 (on the paper survey) asks for the name of each person in the household so that the Questions can be asked person by person.

Questions 2 to 6 provide information about the living arrangements of people in Canada, family size, the number of children living with one parent or two parents, and the number of people who live alone. This information is used for planning social programs. It is also used by communities to plan services such as daycare centers, schools and senior citizens' residences.

Your NHS questionnaire contains all the information needed to answer questions 1 to 6. If you still have questions or require further information, please visit the NHS website at www.nhs.statcan.gc.ca or phone the StatCan Help Line at 1-877-308-2777.

Question 4 -- Marital status
Mark the circle that indicates the person's current legal marital status. This does not include the person's common-law status, which is asked in a separate question.

If the person is the adult son or daughter of person 1 and still lives at home, mark the circle that most closely describes that person's marital status. Provide one response only for each person.

It is important to indicate the marital status of every person in the household-- even babies and young children. Children under age 15 should be marked as 'never legally married'.


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Chile 1960 — source variable CL1960A_MARST — Marital status
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5. Marital status ____

Write as appropriate: S single, C married, CV consensual union, V widowed, SP separated de facto or legally, A annulled
.
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Column 5: Marital Status. Write down [the appropriate status for] each case, according to the following definitions:

Single: One who has ever been married and doesn't live in a marital situation [maritalmente].

Married: One who has established marital bonds (civil or religious, or both) and continues in that state.

Consensual Union: One who, without having married another person, lives in a marital union with that person.

Widow/er: One who, having been married, has had their spouse die and who has not remarried nor lives in a marital union.

De facto separated: A married person who lives separately from their spouse without a judicial ruling of legal separation or annulment of the marriage.

Legally separated: One who, having been married, lives separately, temporarily or transitionally, from their spouse due to a judicial ruling and who does not live in a marital situation.

Annulled: One who ceased to be married because their marriage was annulled by a judicial ruling, and who does not live in a marital situation.

If the first and last name of a woman who declares herself to be married don't include the last name of her spouse, the enumerator should make sure that this is the true marital status. Nevertheless, this question should be asked very discretely, as in any case where there is doubt about the reported marital status.

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Chile 1970 — source variable CL1970A_MARST — Marital status
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5. Current marital status: Only for those 12 years of age and older.

What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated or annulled
[] 5 Single
[] 6 Unknown

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Question No. 5--Current Marital Status

Only for those 12 and older

When asking this question, you should mention one marital status at a time and await a response before mentioning the next one. Be careful not to alter the order of the alternatives.

There are five marital statuses that we are interested in knowing about, and they are defined as follows:

1) Married: A person who has entered into matrimony before an appropriate authority and who lives in this state with their legal spouse.

2) Consensual Union: A person who lives maritally with another in a stable situation, without having legalized the union and who can have any of the other legal marital statuses.

3) Widowed: A person who, after the death of their spouse, has not remarried nor lives in a de facto union.

4) Separated or annulled: A person who, having been married or in a stable de facto union, doesn't live with their spouse or partner.

5) Single: A person who has never married and doesn't live maritally with another person.

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Chile 1982 — source variable CL1982A_MARST — Marital status
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For all persons


For all persons 15 or older

18. What is your marital status?

1. Married ____
2. Live-in partner ____
3. Single ____
4. Widowed ____
5. Separated ____
6. Annulled ____

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18. What is your marital status?

Read the alternatives in the order in which they appear on the questionnaire. You will ask about the marital status of the person being enumerated on the day of the census.

[The above directions refer to a picture of question 18 in this section of the enumeration form.]

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Chile 1992 — source variable CL1992A_MARST — Marital status
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For all individuals 14 years of age and older [applies to questions 10 to 16]


10. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Single
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Annulled

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10. What is your marital status?

Read the options in the order in which they appear on the questionnaire, asking about the current marital status of the person being enumerated.

[The above directions refer to a picture of question 10 in this section of the enumeration form.]

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Chile 2002 — source variable CL2002A_MARST — Marital status
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For all individuals 15 years of age and older


27. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Single
[] 4 Annulled
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Widowed

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Question 27

Don't forget that you have to ask about the current civil or marital status of the person being enumerated. [These instructions refer to a graphic of question 27 on the census form.]

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Colombia 1964 — source variable CO1964A_MARST — Marital status
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6. Marital status code ____ _
Write accordingly, single, married, consensual union, separated, widow.

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Marital status

Column No. 6 - What is your current civil state? The civil state that a person has on the census date should be registered, writing down according to the case the determination of single, married, consensual union, widowed, or separated.

It is necessary to establish clearly the current civil state of each enumerated person. This should be only one response that is registered in column 6. The corresponding civil state should be written down of all persons, even the youngest of age.

The definitions of civil state are as follows:

Single: A person is single when they have never married, and on the census date they do not live in a consensual union or as married without being so.

Married: When a person says they are married and having legalized their union with legal ties.

Consensual Union: If a person lives as married without being so, or one who lives as husband or wife without having legalized the union, they are not considered as a single person but rather as in "Consensual Union".

Separated: When a person is legally married and does not live with their spouse due to reasons other than temporary absence for work, vacation, on leave, business, etc.

Widowed: When a person declared to be widowed, has not married again and does not live in consensual union or as married without being so.


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Colombia 1973 — source variable CO1973A_MARST — Marital status
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A. General characteristics (for all the persons in the household).
[Applies to questions 1 - 9]


5. What is his/her current marital status?

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Separated or divorced
[] 4 Single
[] 5 Widowed

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Section A. General characteristics

[Below the text is a form.]

Section A. General characteristics will be filled out for all the persons of a census household who spent the night of October 23 to 24 in the dwelling.

Do not forget to include newborns, minors and the elderly.
[Applies to questions 1 - 9]


Question No. 5. Current marital state

[Below the text is a form.]

Mark with an "x" the box that corresponds to the civil state of the person at the moment of the Census. Remember that the different alternatives are exclusive; therefore, you should not mark more than one of them.

[p. 42]

Read the question and the alternatives in their order until obtaining an affirmative response.

For minors mark with an "x" the box "single".

Consensual union: Persons are found in free union who without existing civil or religious matrimonial ties, live in marital union and are a family.

Married: They are persons who have been civilly or religiously legally married and live in this state at the moment of the census.

Single: Persons are considered single who never have married and do not live in free union.

Widowed: They are persons who were married or in free union and have not married again and do not live in free union after the death of their companion.

Separated or divorced: In this category are included:


a. - Persons who having lived in free union, at the moment of the census do not live with their companion.

b. - Persons married civilly and/or religiously, but who at the moment of the Census do not live with their companion

c. - Persons whose marriage was dissolved by legal means and have not married again or live in free union.


Do not write down as separate of divorced persons who have to separate occasionally for reasons of work, vacation, sickness, etc.

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Colombia 1985 — source variable CO1985A_MARST — Marital status
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D. For persons ten years old or more.
[Applies to questions 42 - 45]


42. Actually you are:

[] 1 Consensually united
[] 2 Separated or divorced
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Single

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D. For persons 10 years old or older
[Applies to questions 42 - 45]


Question No. 42 Civil or conjugal state

[Below the text is a form.]

Mark "x" in the corresponding box.

If necessary explain the following definitions:

[p. 46]

Consensual union. A person who lives in marital union without being married by the law or the church.
Separated. It is a person who, having been married or in free union, at the moment of the census now does not live with the spouse or companion.
A person who has to be absent occasionally for reasons of work, vacation, sickness etc. should not be considered separated.
Divorced. It is a person whose wedding was dissolved for legal or religious means and did not marry again or does not live in free union.
Married. It is a person who was legally married according to the Civil Law (before a Judge) or according to the religious rites of any creed (catholic, baptist, jewish, etc.) and continues living with their spouse.
Widowed. It is a person whose wife or companion died and has not married again and does not live in free union.
Single. It is a person who has not married and does not live in free union.


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Colombia 1993 — source variable CO1993A_MARST — Marital status
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F3. Ask these questions of all persons who are ten years old or more.


36. He/she is currently. . .

[] 1 In a consensual union
[] 2 Separated
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Married
[] 5 Single

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F3. Ask these questions to all persons 10 years old or older


36. Currently [the respondent] is:

This question refers to the civil or conjugal state of a person at the moment of the census. That is to say, the personal state of each individual in relation to the laws or customs of the country about matrimony.

[Below the text is a form.]

Take into account the following criteria:

In consensual union
Persons are in this category who, at the moment of the census, live in marital union and have constituted a family, without existing civil or religious marital ties. This union should be of stable character.

Separated or divorced
A person whose union (married or free union) has been dissolved by legal or de facto means and have not married again and do not live in free union.

Widowed
A person who was married or in free union and has not married again and does not live in free union after the death of their last spouse.

Married
It includes persons who have been legally married according to the religions of any creed (Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, etc.) or according to civil law (in front of a judge or notary) and who at the moment of the census live in this state.

Single
Persons who never have married and do not live in free union are considered singles.


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Colombia 2005 — source variable CO2005A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons 10 years old or more (generated by the DMC)
[Questions 53-54 were asked of persons age 10+.]


53. [The respondent] currently: (basic)

[] 1 Is not married and has been living with his/her partner for two years or more?
[] 2 Is not married and has been living with his/her partner for less than two years?
[] 3 Is separated, divorced?


[p. 26]

[] 4 Is widowed?
[] 5 Is single?
[] 6 Is married?


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Costa Rica 1963 — source variable CR1963A_MARST — Marital status
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5. Marital Status

Mark only one box

Single: one who has never contracted matrimony and does not live in a consensual union

Married: one who has contracted matrimony and lives in that estate

Widowed: one who has not contracted matrimony since the death of a spouse and who does not live in a consensual union

Divorced: one who definitively undid a marital bond through legal means

Consensual union: one who lives in a marital union without having contracted matrimony

Married Separated: one who contracted matrimony and lives apart from the spouse
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Consensual union
[] 6 Married separated
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Line No. 5.- Marital State

For this characteristic you should mark the box that corresponds to the definitions that appear in the form and which are commented on here.

You should always write down the current civil state; like for example: if a person has separated from their spouse and currently lives in "Free [consensual] Union" with another, you should classify them as "Free [consensual] Union" since that is the current state.

Single: is one who never has married, except those who live in "Free [consensual] Union".

Married: is one who is legally married and lives in this state.

Widow: is one who has not married again after the death of their spouse, nor lives in "Free Union" at the moment of the Census.

[p. 45]

If a person has married again or lives in "Free Union", you should indicate the current civil state.

Divorced: one who has broken their matrimonial ties in a definite form through legal means, and also has not married again or lives in "Free Union".

Consensual Union: It is said that a couple lies in "Free Union" when without any marital ties existing that bind them, the members constitute alone or with other family members, a well defined family. This is a delicate aspect and you should proceed with tact and very gently in the interview, avoiding discussions or expressions that could spoil the success of your job.

Married Separated: is one who has separated from their spouse and does not live in free union. The separation can be de facto or separation "de cuerpos" declared by competent authority. It should not be confused with divorce, which is a total and definitive separation.

Keep in mind that the previous concepts are mutually exclusive and that therefore, you should mark only one box for each person.

When it is possible, the enumerator should abstain from suggesting the response of the person, over all in the case of Divorced, Married Separated, and Free Union; so you will avoid an unfavorable atmosphere when the person is very sensitive in this sense. Some times the person does not give this information in a truthful form, principally in some of the cases cited before; so for example, they say that they are married and in reality they live in Free Union. In many of these cases, the enumerator will realize the falseness of the information in the course of the interview, but you should never insist in this matter; when this happens you should explain it in the space for "Observations", and write down there the information that you consider correct. You should be careful to do it later after you have finished the interview, to avoid displeasure or resentment of the person.

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Costa Rica 1973 — source variable CR1973A_MARST — Marital status
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7. Current marital status: Mark only one circle.
Single: a person of any age who has never contracted matrimony and does not live in a consensual union.
Married: one who contracted matrimony and lives in that state.
Widowed: one who has not contracted matrimony since the death of a spouse, nor lives in a consensual union.
Divorced: one who is legally separated and has neither remarried nor lives in a consensual union.
Consensual union: one who lives in a marital union.
Married separated: one who contracted matrimony and lives separately from the spouse, and does not live in a consensual union.


[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Consensual union
[] 6 Married separated

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14.- Question No. 7.- Current Marital Status

Mark the corresponding circle according to the case; remember that you should only mark one circle.

14.1.- Single: A person of any age who is legally married and does not live in Consensual Union.

14.4.- Married: One who is married as a catholic or civilly and lives in this state.

[p. 42]

14.3.- Widowed: One who has not married again after the death of their spouse, nor lives in Consensual Union.

If a person has married again or lives in Consensual Union, you should indicate this current civil state.

[14.4.-] Divorced: One who legally separated and has not married again or lives in Free Union.

14.5- Married separated: One who was legally married and lives separately from the spouse and does not live in Free Union.

The separation can be de facto or physical separation declared by competent authority. It should not be confused with divorce, which is a total and definitive separation.

14.6.- Consensual Union: It is said that a pair lives in Free Union when without being married, its members are thought to be a well defined family by themselves and their family members. You should proceed with tact at the time of the interview, avoiding discussions or expressions that could spoil the success of the interview.

When it is possible, the enumerator should abstain from suggesting the response of the person, over all in the case of divorced, married separated, and free union; so you will avoid an unfavorable atmosphere when the person is very sensitive in this sense.

Some times the person does not give this information in a truthful form, principally in some of the cases cited before; so for example, they say that they are married and in reality they live in Free Union. In many of these cases, the enumerator will realize the falseness of the information in the course of the interview, but you should never insist in this matter; when this happens you should explain it in the space for "Observations", and write down there the information that you consider correct. You should be careful to do it later after you have finished the interview, to avoid displeasure or resentment of the person.

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Costa Rica 1984 — source variable CR1984A_MARST — Marital status
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Only for those 10 years of age and older
[Applies to question 10 - 11]


11. Marital Status

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Separated
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single

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Third block of questions: only for persons 10 years old or older

The two questions that form this block should be asked only to persons who have ages of 10 years or more. If a person is found who is not this old, then you should cross out the whole block with diagonal crossed lines and go to the next person.


Question 11: Marital Status

The objective of this question for census purposes is to get the marital situation of the persons in relation with the marriage laws and customs of the country.

[Below the text is a form.]

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Ask this question in the following manner: "What is the current marital state?"

Remember that it refers to the person about whom you are requesting information.

The question offers 6 possibilities of response: "United", "Separated", "Married", "Widowed", "Divorced" and "Single".

{Types of Marital Status}

Below we will review the 6 types of Marital Status that you can find with reference to the census moment. We will try to make it so each concept is clear to you so that you carry out a correct enumeration.

1. Consensual union: A person who lives in marital state without having been legally married with someone they coexist with.
2. Separated: A person who lives separated from their spouse and does not live in a de facto union.
3. Married: A person who has been legally married and lives with the spouse, that is to say, who has not been widowed, nor has been divorced or separated.
4. Widowed: A person who after the death of their spouse has not been married again and does not live in a de facto union.
5. Divorced: A person who having dissolved their marriage by legal means has not married again and does not live in a de facto union.
6. Single: A person who has never been married and who does not live in a de facto union.


If you find a person who says that their last or only marriage was annulled, classify them according to the marital state that they had before beginning the annulled marriage.

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Costa Rica 2000 — source variable CR2000A_MARST — Marital status
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For those 12 years of age and older [Applies to questions 13-18]

13. Currently, is ____

[] 1 in a consensual union?
[] 2 married?
[] 3 separated?
[] 4 divorced?
[] 5 widowed?
[] 6 single?
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Third Block

Only for persons 12 years old or older


Question 13: Marital Status

This question has as its objective obtaining the current marital situation of all persons 12 years old or older at the moment of the census in relation with the laws and customs of the country (not the civil state). Together with the relation or relationships, it permits identifying different family nucleuses in the same home.

[To the right of the text is a form.]

Ask the question as it appears in the questionnaire, reading each one of the alternatives until getting an affirmative response.

Six types of marital state situations have been considered:

[All marital situations end in "o(a)" indicating that the person could be man or woman.]

1. Consensual Union: A person who lives in marital state without having been legally or civilly married with a person with whom they coexist ["de facto union"].

2. Married: A person who has been legally married and lives with the spouse or mate or is temporarily separated for special purposes like work, sickness, incarceration, etc.

3. Separated: A person who lives separated from their spouse (of marriage or union) and does not live in a "de facto" union.


[Below the text of a picture of a man in a woman in two different houses.]

4. Divorced: a person who having dissolved their marriage legally, has not married again nor lives in "de facto" union.

5. Widowed: a person who after the death of their last spouse, has not married again nor lives in "de facto" union.


[Below the text is a picture of a widow.]

6. Single: a person who has not been married and never has lived in "de facto" union.


If a person is encountered who says that their last and only marriage was annulled, they are classified according to the marital state that they had before the annulled marriage.

Important

The following questions (14 to 18) correspond to the economic characteristics of the population 12 years old or older. This part requires a careful understanding of a series of concepts related among themselves and that should not be confused, with the purpose of collecting the correct information.

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Costa Rica 2011 — source variable CR2011A_MARST — Marital status
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Only for people 12 years or older
[Questions 20 through 23 are asked only of persons aged 20 and older]

20. [The respondent] is currently...?

[] 1 In a consensual union or partnership
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Separated
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single
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Questions 20 to 31 are asked only of people 12 years of age or older.

Question 20: Marital status

Only for people 12 years or older

20. [Name] is currently ...?

[] 1 in a consensual union or partnership
[] 2 married
[] 3 separated
[] 4 divorced
[] 5 widowed
[] 6 single

This question refers to the marital status and not the civil or legal status of the population.

Consensual union or partnership: people that live in a consensual union without having contracted legal or civil matrimony with the person with which they cohabitate. This category includes those people of the same sex that declare to be cohabitating as a couple.

Married: person that has contracted legal matrimony and lives with his/her spouse or partner, even if they do not live in the same dwelling for circumstantial reasons such as work, sickness, imprisonment, hospitalization, or other reason that does not allow them to live under the same roof; whenever the union has not been dissolved.

Separated: person that contracted legal matrimony or was in a consensual union and currently does not live with his/her spouse or partner because they dissolved the union without recurring to legal mechanisms, or solicited legal separation without having consolidated the divorce.

Divorced: person that having dissolved his/her matrimony in a legal way has not married again nor lives in consensual union.

Widowed: person that after the death of his/her spouse has not contracted matrimony again nor lives in a consensual union.

Single: person that has never married nor lived in a consensual union.

Remember that this deals with the marital status and not the civil status. Because of this you may find the case of a couple where one of the partners is legally married and the other single; in this situation, the marital status of both is "consensual union."


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Cuba 2002 — source variable CU2002A_MARST — Marital status
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16. What is your civil or marital status?
(Mark only one)

For persons 12 years old or more

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Civil union
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single

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Question 16. What is your civil or marriage state?

The objective of this question is to know the civil status or marriage status of the enumerated persons.

You should ask the question and then you should read each of the boxes so that the person can select his/her civil or marital status.

[illustration]

16. What is your civil or marriage state? (only one mark)
[] 1 Union
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single


You should memorize the following definitions:

Union: This is the person who lives as in a marital relationship in a stable manner with a person of the opposite sex, without a legal contract that recognizes the relationship. The conjugal status is also called consensual union.

You will mark this box if the person is found in this condition even if he/she is divorced, widowed, or if he/she is only separated from the previous spouse.

Married: This is the union of two persons of opposite sex, formally and legally recognized.

Divorced: This is person who has terminated his/her civil status as married, through the dissolution of the marriage by judicial decree and who currently does not live in a consensual union.


[Header: Instructions for the use of the Enumerator / Section IV. Information about the Person -- 66 ]

Separated: This is the person who, being legally married or in a union with another person, is currently found separated, which means that he/she does not live in a marital relationship with the person from whom he/she is not divorced, nor lives in a stable consensual union with another person.

Widow: This is the person who, being legally married or in a consensual union, has lost his/her spouse or companion through death and has not remarried nor is currently in a consensual union.

Single: This is a person who has never been legally married, nor lives in a consensual union.


Remember that the persons who declare to be married or in a union, if they live in the same household as their partner, should have the annotation in question number 3 that corresponds to this questionnaire. If the spouse does not reside in the household, it should be noted in the space designated for "Spouse of" as "00".

With this question we have concluded the part of Section IV that corresponds to persons twelve years old and more and we will begin to work with the segments of the population that are fifteen years old and more, with questions about their economic situation.


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Cuba 2012 — source variable CU2012A_MARST — Marital status
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Section IV. Personal data
[Applies to questions 1-23]

For persons 12 years and older
(End of interview for persons under this age.)
[Question 16 was asked of persons age 12 and older.]

16. What is your civil and/or marital status?

(Only mark one)

[] 1 Married
[] 2 In a civil union
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single
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Section IV. Personal Data.

For persons 12 years and older (end of interview for those under this age)

Question 16. What is your civil and/or marital status?
The purpose of the question is to determine the marital status of the listed persons. You will need to ask the question and then read each of the boxes for the person to select their civil or marital status.
You must memorize the following definitions:

Married: The union of two people of the opposite sex formally recognized by law.
In a civil union: This refers to a person that lives together in a marital, stable form without having completed the legal steps to be recognized as marriage. This marital state is also called consensual union. Box 2 will be checked if the person is in this situation, even if they are divorced, widowed, or were only separated from their previous partner and are current in such a union.
Divorced: A person who terminated their legally married status through the dissolution of their marriage by juridical or notarial means, and does not currently live in a consensual union.
Separated: A person who is legally married, but is currently separated; that is, they no longer live with that person but have not yet divorced, nor do they live in a stable consensual union with someone else.
Widowed: A person who was married whose spouse or partner is deceased, who has not remarried and is not in currently in a civil union.
Single: A the person who has never legally married or lived in civil union.

Remember that people who claim to be Married or In a Civil Union, if they live in the same household with their spouse, should be marked with the corresponding number on question 3 of this Questionnaire. If the spouse does not reside in the household, "00" must be written in the space intended for "Spouse of."
This question ends the part of Section IV for those 12 years and older; from here on the survey applies only to those 15 years and older with questions about their economic situation.


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Côte d'Ivoire 1988 — source variable CI1988A_MARST — Marital status
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All individuals
[Question 17 through 28 were asked of all individuals]

25. Marital status

Ask the question in accordance with the instruction manual

[] 1 Single (s)
[] 2 Cohabitation (ch)
[] 3 Man married to 1 wife (m1)
[] 4 Man married to 2 wives (m2)
[] 5 Man married to 3 or more wives (m3)
[] 6 Married woman (w)
[] 7 Separated or divorced (sd)
[] 8 Widow/widower (w)
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4.3.2 The inside of the questionnaire: data on the household

To complete the inside of the questionnaire, you must have:

- Read and fully understand the contents of this manual.
- If any points are unclear to you, ask your team leader for an explanation.
- Know the definitions perfectly and the meaning of the abbreviations used.
- The presence of the person you are surveying to obtain reliable information. If the head of the household is absent, speak with his representative to get the necessary information.

[p.32]

- Ask each person to be surveyed to present an identification document (national identification card, birth certificate, passport, driver's license, etc.) in order to quickly obtain answers to questions regarding first and last names, date of birth, etc.

Carefully follow all instructions you have been given, especially regarding how to ask the questions.

Question 25: Marital status
Marital status indicates an individual's situation with respect to marriage.

He or she is considered "married" when they are in a union that was celebrated civilly or religiously or in accordance with the traditional rites.

After conducting the interview, as applicable, circle the code that corresponds to the situation of the surveyed individual.

The possible answers are:

[] l S = Single. A single person is an individual who has never been married.
[] CH = Cohabitation. An unmarried individual is considered to be "Cohabitating" if the union has lasted for at least one year.
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[] M l = Man married to one spouse
[] M 2 = Man married to two spouses
[] M 3 + = Man married to three or more spouses
[] W = Married woman
[] S-D = Separated or Divorced. A person is separated when they are married but live separately from his/her spouse and have not gotten a divorce. A person is divorced when his/her marriage has been broken by divorce, and he/she has not remarried. If his/her former spouse died after the divorce, he/she is still considered divorced. A polygamist who divorces one of his wives is considered still married, not divorced.
[] W = Widow/Widower. A person is a widow/widower when his/her spouse has died, and he/she has not remarried. A polygamist who loses one of his wives is still considered married, not a widower.

How to conduct the interview about marital status.

For all individuals under 12 years of age, systematically circle code 1 = S (single).
For all individuals 12 years of age or older, ask, "Do you live with a woman (or a man?)."
If "Yes," ask: Have you celebrated your union civilly or religiously or in accordance with traditional rites?"
If "Yes"
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1) If it is a man, ask: "How many women are you married to?" and circle one of the following codes, as applicable:
3 = M l (Man married to 1 woman)
4 = M 2 (Man married to 2 women)
5 = M 3+ (Man married to 3 or more women)
2) If it is a woman, circle code 6 = W (married woman).
If "No," circle the code 2 = CH.
If "No," ask: "Have you ever been married"?
If "no," circle the code 1 = S (single)
If "Yes," ask: "Are you separated or divorced from your spouse?"
If "yes," circle the code 7 = S-D (separated or divorced)
If "No," ask, "Are you a Widow/Widower?"
If "yes," circle the code 8 = W (widow/widower).

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Côte d'Ivoire 1998 — source variable CI1998A_MARST — Marital status
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Residents of age 12 years and over
[Question 34 and 35 are asked of resident persons age 12+.]

34. Marital status

[] 1 Single (c)
[] 2 Cohabiting/common-law marriage (ul)
[] 3 Married to a woman without a co-wife, with 1 co-wife, 2 co-wives, etc. (follow the instructions in the manual) (m1, m2, m3, m4)
[] 7 Separated or divorced (sd)
[] 8 Widowed (v)
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Question 34: Marital status
Marital status indicates a person's status in relation to marriage. Any individual whose union has been formalized in a civil or religious ceremony or according to customary rites is considered "married." After conducting the interview, select the appropriate code that corresponds to the situation of the person interviewed. For example:

1 = C: single. A single person: is a person who has never been married and who is not living with a person of the opposite sex.
2 = UL: cohabitation. Any individual who is unmarried (civilly, religiously, or according to customary rites) and living with a partner is considered to be cohabitating.
3 = M1: man married to one wife (monogamous union)
4 = M2: man married to two wives or to one wife and one co-wife (polygamous union)
5 = M3: man married to three wives or to one wife and two co-wives (polygamous union)
6 = M4+: man married to four wives or more, or to one wife and three or more co-wives (polygamous union)
7 = SD: Divorced/Separated. Any person whose marriage has been broken by divorce and who has not remarried is divorced. Even if his/her former spouse died subsequent to the divorce, he/she is still divorced.

Note: People who are separated are considered divorced.
A polygamist who divorces from one of his wives is not considered divorced, but remains married.

8 = Ve: Widow(er). A widow(er) is a person whose marriage has ended due to the death of his/her spouse and who has not remarried. A polygamist who loses one of his spouses is not a widower, but is still married.

How to conduct the interview on marital status?
For each resident 12 years of age or older, ask: "Do you live with a woman (or a man)?"

2.1 - If "yes," ask: Has your union been formalized in a civil or religious ceremony or according to customary rites?
a) If "yes," the person is married
If the individual is a man, ask: "How many women are you married to?"
If the individual is a woman, ask: "How many co-wives do you have?"
And circle one of the following codes as appropriate:
3 = M1: Man married to a married spouse or wife without co-wife
4 = M2: Man married to one wife, or married woman with one co-wife
5 = M3 Man married to three wives, or married woman with two co-wives
6 = M4: Man married to four or more wives, or married woman with three or more co-wives.
b) If "No," the person is not married, but is cohabitating; circle code 2 = UL: Cohabitation.
2.2 - If "No" (to the question, "Do you live with a woman (or a man)?" ask: "Have you ever been married?"
- If "no," circle code 1 = C: single
- If "yes," ask: "Are you divorced from your spouse?"
- If "yes," circle code 7 - SD: divorced/separated
- If "No," ask: "Are you a Widow(er)?"
- If "yes," circle code 8 = Ve: widow(er)
- If "no," there must be an inconsistency in the answers; go through the interview again

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Dominican Republic 1960 — source variable DO1960A_MARST — Marital Status
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6. Marital status (For those 12 years of age and older)
S = single
C = married
U.L. = consensual union
V = widowed
D = divorced
S.L. = legally separated
____

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57. Question 6. Marital Status. According to the following definitions, the letter "S" is recorded for single, "C" for married ["casado"]; "U.L." for consensual union ["union libre"]; "V" for widowed ["viudo"]; "D" for divorced; and "S.L." for legally separated:

a) "Single" - All persons who have never been married and who do not live in a consensual union.
b) "Married" - All persons legally united, whether they live with their spouses or not.
c) "Consensual Union" - Living in a conjugal union that is not legalized.
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d) "Widowed" - A man or woman whose spouse has passed away and who has not remarried or entered into a consensual union.
e) "Divorced" - The man or woman whose marriage has been legally dissolved and who does not live in a consensual union.
f) "Legally separated" - The man or woman who is married and not divorced and whose separation has been legally recognized.

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Dominican Republic 1970 — source variable DO1970A_CONSENS — Consensual union
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Persons 15 years of age and older [Applies to question 6.]

6. De facto conjugal status. Does the enumerated person live in a consensual union with any person? Of how many years? duration is the union?

Lives in a consensual union:
[] 1 Yes
____ Duration of the union in years
[] 2 No
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11.5.1 Personal characteristics. The first five questions dealing with personal characteristics are presented to persons of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest persons. The last question, relating to de facto conjugal status, is only presented to those 15 years of age and older.

f) Question 6. De facto conjugal status. Independent of the information obtained on the legal marital status; that is, irrespective of the marital status declared [in the previous question], it should be asked if any of the enumerated persons live in a consensual union with another person. This question should be asked in a discreet manner so as not to offend the informant. If, and only if, the answer is affirmative, the duration of the union is requested, in completed years. For example, a person who declared, for the legal marital status, to be married or widowed may or may not be living in a consensual union with another person in the same way an unmarried person would. Therefore, it is established that the answers received concerning the legal marital status and the de facto conjugal status are independent from each other.

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Dominican Republic 1970 — source variable DO1970A_MARST — Legal marital status
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All persons [Applies to questions 1-5]

5. Legal marital status. What is the legal civil marital status of the enumerated person?

[] 1 Single (never married)
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Legally separated
[] 6 Annulled
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11.5.1 Personal characteristics. The first five questions dealing with personal characteristics are presented to persons of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest persons. The last question, relating to de facto conjugal status, is only presented to those 15 years of age and older.

e) Question 5. Legal marital status. On the census form, the legal marital status or the de facto conjugal status is requested separately of all enumerated persons. Question 5 refers exclusively to the legal marital status of the enumerated person. In order to avoid confusion, each of the states appearing on the census form are defined below: i) unmarried: one who has never been married; ii) married: one who has entered into a valid and lawful marriage and who maintains that status at the time of the census. Included in this group are those persons in de facto separation because this circumstance does not affect the validity of their marriage. A de facto separation is one that takes place through the initiative or agreement of both parties, without legal intervention. iii) widowed: a married person whose spouse had passed away by the time of the census and who has not remarried. iv) divorced: a person who has obtained a legal separation from his/her spouse and who is legally authorized to remarry. v) legally separated: a married person who lives separated from his spouse due to a legal judgment and who cannot remarry. This definition excludes those in a de facto separation. vi) annulled: a person whose marriage was declared null or invalid by a legal judgment.

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Dominican Republic 1981 — source variable DO1981A_MARST — Marital Status
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For individuals 12 years of age and older[Applies to question 65.]

65. Are you currently in a consensual union, married, separated, divorced, widowed, or single?

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Separated
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single
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For all persons 12 years of age and older

Question 65: Are you currently in a consensual union, married, separated, divorced, widowed, or unmarried?

The options are read and the corresponding circle is filled in.

This information refers to the [conjugal] situation of the person at the moment of the census and not to their legal marital status.


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Dominican Republic 2002 — source variable DO2002A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons of 15 years old and more
[Questions 60-63 were asked for persons age 15+.]

60. At the present time [the respondent] is...

(Read all options and select just one)

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Cohabiting
[] 3 Widow/widower
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Separated from legal or religious marriage
[] 6 Separated from cohabitation
[] 7 Single
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For people age 15 or older:

Question 60: Currently, is (NAME):

Read each option and fill in the correct answer.

1. Married. If the person is married legally (by Law) or by the church.
2. In union. If the person lives with a partner without being married legally or religiously.
3. Divorced. If the person was married and is divorced legally or religiously and has not been married or living in union with another person.
4. Widow/widower. If the person was married and his/her partner died and has not been married or living in union with another person.
5. Separated legally or religiously. If the person lived in legal union or religiously and separated from his/her partner and has not been married or living in union with another person.
6. Separated from union. If the person live in union with a partner (free union or concubinage) and now is separated and has not been married or living in union with another person.
7. Single. If a person has never been married or in union.


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Dominican Republic 2010 — source variable DO2010A_MARST — Marital status
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For people age 15 and older

55. Currently, is [the respondent]: (Read all answers and mark only one)

[] 1 Separated legally or religiously
[] 2 Divorced
[] 3 Widow/widower
[] 4 Separated from a civil union
[] 5 Married
[] 6 Living together
[] 7 Single (Never married or in a civil union)
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Question 55. Currently, is [the respondent]:
This question is designed to establish the marital status of the informant. The marital status is different from the civil situation of the relationship. In the Dominican Republic there are only two categories of marital status: single and married. However, in demographic terms what is important is the civil situation, which has the following categories: separated, divorced, widow/widower, separated from a civil union, married, living together and single.

  • Separated legally or religiously represents the status of a person who is legally or religiously married, but that currently is separated from his/her partner and does not have another partner.
  • Divorced is the person who was married but is legally divorced from his/her partner and currently does not have another partner.
  • Widow/widower is the person who was married but his/her partner is deceased and currently does not have another partner.
  • Separated from a civil union is the person who was in union with a partner but currently does not have a partner.
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  • Living together is a person that currently is living together with a person in civil union or by consent.
  • Single (Never married or in a civil union) is the person that does not have a partner and was never married or in a civil union with anybody.

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Ecuador 1962 — source variable EC1962A_MARST — Marital status
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Only for those 12 years of age and older
[Applies to items 14 through 18]


IX. (14) Marital Status

1 Single
2 Married
3 Consensual Union
4 Widowed
5 Divorced
____

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Column 14: Marital status. In this column record the information for people 12 years old and up, according to the marital status stated by the person being enumerated, that is: single, married, divorced, widowed, consensual union (de facto), in accordance with the definitions given on this subject.

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Ecuador 1974 — source variable EC1974A_MARST — Marital status
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E. Marital status
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D. Marital and fertility characteristics

[This is the second section D. in the enumerator's manual. On the enumeration form, this section has the title "fertility characteristics."]


Question No. 21

[The following directions refer to a graphic representing question 21, "what is your marital or conjugal status?", in this section of the enumeration form.]

Read each one of the alternatives and ask all members of the census household who are 12 or older in which of them they classify themselves. Mark the corresponding box.

[Note that this question corresponds to question 19 (in section E. marital status) on the enumeration form. The enumeration form includes two response options ("separated" and "unknown") that do not appear in the enumerator's manual.]


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Ecuador 1982 — source variable EC1982A_MARST — Marital status
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E. Marital Status

For all individuals 12 years of age and older

21. Are you in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated?
[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Single
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Separated
[] 9 Unknown

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E. Marital or conjugal status

This question is for men and women 12 years of age and older.

Question 21. Are you in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed or separated?

Read the question as it is written. Mark the box corresponding to the answer given.


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Ecuador 1990 — source variable EC1990A_MARST — Marital status
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For all individuals 12 years of age and older
[Applies to question 23.]


23. Are you currently: In a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed or separated? Mark only one box.

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Single
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Separated
[] 9 Unknown

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Question 23. Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated?

This question is the last question on the form and is for all persons 14 years old or more.

Always ask the question, under no condition should you suppose the civil or marital status of the persons being enumerated. Remember that you are finding out the current civil or marital status. For example: if a person was married and currently is in a consensual union, mark an X in box 1, consensual union.

Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated?
Mark only one box.


[ ] 1 In a consensual union
[ ] 2 Single
[ ] 3 Married
[ ] 4 Divorced
[ ] 5 Widowed
[ ] 6 Separated
[ ] 9 Don't know


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Ecuador 2001 — source variable EC2001A_MARST — Marital status
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28. Currently, are you: in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated? Mark only one box.
[ ] 1 In a consensual union
[ ] 2 Single
[ ] 3 Married
[ ] 4 Divorced
[ ] 5 Widowed
[ ] 6 Separated
[ ] 9 Don't know

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For all people 12 years of age and older

E. Marital or conjugal status

Question 28.- Are you currently in a consensual union, single, married, divorced, widowed or separated?

[There is a picture of question 28 from this section of the enumeration form.]

Always ask this question. In no case should you assume the marital or conjugal status of a person being enumerated. Remember that the current marital or conjugal status is being investigated. Example: If a person was married and currently is in a consensual union, mark box 1, In a consensual union, with an x.

[There is a drawing of a man wearing a ring and the box for "married" is checked.]

[Pages. 58-59 were not translated into English.]

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Ecuador 2010 — source variable EC2010A_MARST — Marital status
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Persons twelve years old and older
[Questions 34-35 were asked of people 12 years and older.]


34. [The respondent] is currently:

[] 1 Married?
[] 2 In a consensual relationship?
[] 3 Separated?
[] 4 Divorced?
[] 5 Widowed?
[] 6 Single?

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[Section 4]


Step 15: Continue with section 4, information about the population / E: Marital status and social security.

[A copy of section 4E of the census questionnaire is omitted here.]

Tips:

  • Follow the sequencial order of the questions.
  • Remember that these questions are for persons twelve years old and older.
  • Marital status of the person who holds the position of head of household should be the same as his/her spouse; therefore, you will register the current marital status of the persons.
  • The persons who do not contribute to the agricultural insurance and are only beneficiaries of the same should register alternative 7 (does not contribute).
  • Pay attention to the indications of question 35.


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El Salvador 1992 — source variable SV1992A_MARST — Marital status
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V. Information on members of the household


1. All persons


5. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Under 12 years old
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Divorced
[] 7 Single

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5. Marital status
What is your marital status?
Marital status is understood as the situation of each person with regard to the laws or family customs for marriage or common law marriage that exist in the country. For the identification of marital status the following definitions should be taken into account:


[pg. 42]

  • Children younger than 12: This includes all people, children and youth, who are younger than age 12.
  • Consensual union: This is a person who is not legally married to the person he/she cohabitates with in a stable manner.
  • Married: This is a person who is legally married to their spouse.
  • Widow/widower: This is a person who, after their marriage with their partner, whether through legal or common-law marriage, is not married and does not live with a spouse.
  • Separated: This is a person who is separated from their spouse of legal or common marriage and doesn't live with another partner.
  • Divorced: This is a person who, having legally dissolved their marriage, has not married again nor do they live with a partner.
  • Single: This is a person who has never been married nor lived with a partner.


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El Salvador 2007 — source variable SV2007A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions 13-24 are for persons age 10 or older]


13. What is your marital status?

[] 1 Partnered [acompañado]
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single

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[Questions 13-24 are for persons age 10 or older. If the person is younger than 10, end the interview and cross out the corresponding page]


Question 13: What is your marital status?
"Marital status" is understood to mean each person's status with respect to the laws or customs related to matrimony or cohabitation in this country.
Take the following definitions into account to help you identify marital status:

Partnered:
This is a person who has not married the person with whom he/she lives in a stable relationship. This is also called cohabitating.

Married:
This is a person who was legally married before a lawyer or competent municipal authority (mayor) and lives with his/her spouse.

Widowed:
This is a person who has not re-married and is not cohabitating after the death of his/her spouse.

Separated:
This is a person who lives separately from his/her spouse or partner and who is not living in matrimony with another person.

Divorced:
This is a person who has legally dissolved his/her marriage ties and has not remarried and is not cohabitating.

Single:
This is a person who has never married and has not cohabitated with another person.


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Ethiopia 2007 — source variable ET2007A_MARST — Marital status
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Section 3: Details of persons in the household

[Questions 21-25 were asked of long form respondents' age 10+.]

25. What is [the respondent]'s current marital status?

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Cohabiting/living together
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Question 25:- What is [the respondent's] current marital status?

Every member of the household whose age is 10 years and above are asked currently married or not. People who live together as husband and wife and who regard themselves as husband and wife should be recorded as married. The marriage may be taken place either legal, religious or traditional basis or those married persons should live together as husband and wife. The answer for this question must be accepted as given by the respondent and not to question the legal aspect of the marital status. Thus, it is the respondent who defines his/her marital status. The relevant codes to be marked for the various marital status categories are:

1 = Never married: - Are persons who have never married before the census date.

2 = Married:- Are persons who at the reference time (May 28, 2007) had marriage partners whether they were staying in the same house or not. The marriage may be both under the legal system of the country, religious or the customs of the local area.

3 = Divorced:- For all persons who at the reference time have had their marriage formally annulled either in court or by custom and have not married again during the census time.

4 = Separated :- For all persons who because of dispute or other reasons were no longer staying in the same house as "married partners " but whose marriage had not declared culturally or legally dissolved. At the enumeration date if the husband and wife full fill this condition then mark this code (code 4).

5 = Widowed:- For all persons who at the reference time have had lost their marriage partners through death and have not remarried.

6 = Living together/Cohabiting:- Are persons who at the reference time ( May, 2007 ) living together as husband and wife. The marriage is not in the legal system of the country or the customs of the local area. These persons may or may not have had common child.

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Fiji 2007 — source variable FJ2007A_MARST — Marital status
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For all persons
[Questions D1-D18 were asked of all persons.]


D6. What is [person's] marital status?

(Enter marital status from inside front cover)
[ ] 1 Single (never married)
[ ] 2 Legally married (not separated)
[ ] 3 Separated but legally married
[ ] 4 Defacto / consensual union
[ ] 5 Divorced
[ ] 6 Widowed


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Fiji 2014 — source variable FJ2014A_MARST — Marital status
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For all persons
[Question D1 through D9 were asked of all persons.]

[D6] What is this person's marital status? _ _

Enter marital status from inside front cover.

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France 2006 — source variable FR2006A_COUPLE — Conjugality
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[6. The rest of the questionnaire is for persons age 14 or older.]


7. Are you living with a partner (living as a couple)?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No


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France 2006 — source variable FR2006A_MARST — Legal marital status
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[6. The rest of the questionnaire is for persons age 14 or older.]


8. What is your legal marital status?

[] 1 Single (never been legally married)
[] 2 Married (or separated, but not divorced)
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced


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France 2011 — source variable FR2011A_CORES — Living with partner
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Individual form

6) The following portion of the questionnaire is for individuals age 14 or older.

7) Do you live with a partner?

[ ] 1 Yes
[ ] 2 No

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France 2011 — source variable FR2011A_MARST — Legal marital status
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6) The following portion of the questionnaire is for individuals age 14 or older.

8) What is your legal marital status?

[ ] 1 Single (never legally married)
[ ] 2 Married (or separated but not divorced)
[ ] 3 Widower, Widow
[ ] 4 Divorced

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Ghana 2000 — source variable GH2000A_MARST — Marital status
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P10 Marital status: What is (name's) current marital status?
If (name) is 12 years or older:

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Informal/loose union/living together
[] 3 Separated
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Never married (single)

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P10 Marital status: "If (name) is 12 years or older", what is (name's) current marital status?

Question P10 is to be asked of persons who are 12 years or older. Six main options, "Married", "Informal/Loose union/living together", "Separated", "Divorced", "Widowed", "Never married (Single)" have been provided. Only one answer must be marked and your answer must refer to marital status at Census Night.

Married: are persons who at the reference time (26th March 2000) had marriage partners whether they were staying in the same house or not. "Married" includes persons in all types of marriages e.g. civil, traditional and common law.

Occasionally, you may come across a respondent who has been divorced or widowed before his or her present marriage. You must treat such a person as married now. Enter code 1 and mark X in the appropriate box for all such persons.

Informal/loose union/living together: Write 2 in the cross check header code and mark an X in the box for this if a relationship has been contracted by two adults and living together without civil or traditional recognition.

Separated: Enter code 3 and mark an X for all persons who because of a dispute or other reasons were no longer staying as "married partners" but whose marriage had not been declared customarily or legally dissolved. Note that the mere fact that the two married partners are not staying in the same house does not necessarily mean that the two are separated. Normally a "Separated" person has his/her case before the "elders of one of the families" or before a law court. A separation need not lead to a divorce.

Divorced: Enter code 4 and mark X for all persons who at the reference time have had their marriage formally annulled - either in court or by custom and have not remarried.

Widowed: Enter code 5 and mark X for persons who at the reference time had lost their marriage partners through death and have not remarried.

Never married (single): Write and mark X for persons who have never been married.

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Ghana 2010 — source variable GH2010A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]

Marital status: Answer for persons 12 years and older.
P10. What is [the respondent's] current marital status?

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Informal/consensual union/living together
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
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P10. Marital status: What is (name)'s current marital status?
Question P10 is to be asked of persons who are 12 years or older. Six categories, "never married", "informal/consensual union/living together", "married", "separated", "divorced", "widowed", have been provided. The answer that is given must refer to the respondent's marital status as at Census Night.

Never married - Write code 1 in the box for persons who have never been married.

Informal/consensual union/living together - Write 2 in the box for a relationship contracted by two adults who are living together without civil or traditional recognition.

Married - Enter code 3 in the appropriate box for persons who, at the reference time (26th September, 2010) had marriage partners whether they were staying in the same house or not. "Married" includes persons in all types of marriages e.g. ordinance (court, church), customary and Islamic.

Occasionally, you may come across a respondent who has been divorced or widowed before his or her present marriage. You must treat such a person as married.

Separated - Enter code 4 for all persons who because of a dispute or other reasons are no longer staying as "married partners" but whose marriage has not been declared customarily or legally dissolved. Note that the fact that the two married partners are not staying in the same house does not necessarily mean that the two are separated. Normally, a "separated" person has his/her case before the "elders of one of the families" or before a law court. A separation need not lead to a divorce.

Divorced - Enter code 5 for all persons who at the reference time have had their marriage formally annulled - either in court or by custom and have not remarried.

Widowed Enter code 6 for persons who at the reference time had lost their marriage partners through death and had not remarried.

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Greece 2011 — source variable GR2011A_MARST — Marital status
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C. Enumeration form of person

5. Legal marital status.

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 In registered partnership
[] 6 Separated
[] 7 Widow of registered partnership
[] 8 Divorced of registered partnership
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Question 5 "Legal marital status"
The legal marital status is to be recorded. The respondent's answer is to be recorded with X. Persons cohabiting but not registered they are to state their legal marital status. Cohabitation is a private agreement signed with a notary, in which two heterosexual adults organize their coexistence.

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Guatemala 1964 — source variable GT1964A_MARST — Marital status
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General characteristics
[For all persons]

5. Marital status

A single person is someone who has never been legally married and is not in a consensual union. A married person is a person who has been legally married. A person in a consensual union lives in a martial union without legal marriage. Widow is a person who has not been legally married after the death of a spouse and does not live in a consensual union. A person who is divorced has legally dissolved a legal marriage and is not in a consensual union.

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Consensual union
[] 4 Widow
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Under 14 years old
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General characteristics

Ask these questions for all of the persons, independent of their age or other situation:

Question 5: Civil status

For this characteristic, you should mark the box that corresponds according to the definitions that appear on the form and with the given information in the following paragraphs.

Take into account that for persons who are younger than 14 years old, you should mark the small box 6 with an X, indicating for persons 14 years old or older the civil status that corresponds to them (single, married, consensual union, divorced, etc.).

In any case, you should write the current civil status. For example, if a person has separated from his or her spouse and currently lives in a consensual union with another person, he or she should be classified as "consensual union" because this is the civil status on the census date.

Single is the person who has never contracted legal marriage, excepting those who live in consensual unions who are living in "consensual union."

Married is the person who contracted legal marriage and continues in it, even when at the date of the census they are separated but without having divorced. In consequence, in this group you should include the "married but separated" and those who have legalized their "common-law marriage."

"Consensual union" refers to a couple who lives in a consensual union without the tie of any marriage, its member constitute it, alone or with their relatives, as a well-defined family. It is a delicate question, for which you should proceed with tact during the interview, avoiding discussions or expressions that can ruin the work.

Widow is that person who has not contracted legal matrimony since that date of death of his or her spouse, nor is living in a consensual union at the census day. If the person has remarried or lives in a consensual union, you should indicate his or her current civil status.

[p. 39]

Divorced is the person who has dissolved his or her marriage in definitive form through the legal process, as long as he or she has not remarried or does not live in a consensual union.

In the investigation of this aspect, in general some factors come up, derived from the tendency to maintain certain social prestige, which make it difficult to have a clear idea of the true situation. The enumerator should avoid suggesting answers to the informant, especially in the cases of the person who is divorced or in a consensual union. In this way, he or she will avoid causing an unfavorable environment for the interviewer, when the informant is susceptible in this sense.

When two persons inform that they are married, but the wife, when giving her name, does not add the last name of the husband, it is convenient to clarify if they are really married or not, since in some places the wives do not have the custom of taking the husband's name. If you confirm that they are married, following the last name of the woman you will write the last name of the husband preceded by "of."

For this reasons, and always when the enumerator suspects that the informants are not married, you should find out, with much caution, the true situation, without insisting in a way that could displease the informant, which is a situation that could be counterproductive for the rest of the investigation.


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Guatemala 1973 — source variable GT1973A_MARST — Marital status
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A - Personal characteristics
(For all individuals)


5. Marital status

Are you single, married, in a consensual union, widowed, or divorced?
For those younger than 13, mark an "X" in the box "single."

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Consensual union
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 9 Unknown

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A) Personal characteristics (for all persons)

Question 5: marital status

1. How to ask the question:
Ask, "Are you single, married, cohabiting, widowed, or divorced?"

The following definitions will help you categorize each person correctly according to his or her marital status:

[p. 66]

a. Single: this person has never been married and is not cohabiting.

b. Married: this person is married, even if he or she is separated (but not divorced) on the census date.

c. Cohabiting: this person (single, divorced or widowed) is living in a consensual relationship with another person and has established a family with that person, without any legal matrimonial ties.

d. Widowed: this person was married and whose spouse died. The person has not remarried and is not cohabiting.

e. Divorced: this is a person whose marriage was legally dissolved by a qualified authority. The person has not remarried and is not cohabiting.

It is not necessary to ask this question of persons younger than 13; simply mark an "X" in the box for single.

2. How to record the answer:
The different categories are mutually exclusive, so you should mark an "X" in only one box according to the marital status of the enumerated person.

3. Example:
[This box contains question 5 of the section VI, "people in the census household."]


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Guatemala 1981 — source variable GT1981A_MARST — Marital status
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VII. People in the census household

For all individuals
[Questions 1 - 8 were asked for all persons]

5. Current marital status

Are you married, living together, single, widowed, and divorced or separated?
[] 1 Married
[] 2 Living together
[] 3 Single
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced or separated
[] 9 Unknown
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A. First block: personal characteristics (for all persons)

This part of the census form is designed to study the composition of the population according to the following characteristics: relationship to the head of household, sex, age, marital status, maternal orphanhood, ethnicity, and disabilities.

Questions 1-8 are presented to all enumerated persons, without exception, following the specific instructions presented below:


Question 5: current marital status

1. How to formulate the question

Are you married, living in a consensual union, unmarried, widowed, divorced, or separated?

The following definitions will help the enumerator to correctly classify each person according to their marital status at the date of the census:

[p. 67]

a) Married: Those who have entered into a legal marriage and live with their spouse; that is, they are not widowed, divorced, or separated.

b) In union (consensual union): Those who are not legally married but who live in a consensual or de facto union with another person.

c) Single: Those who have never entered into a legal marriage and do not live in a consensual union.

d) Divorced or separated from a marriage or consensual union: Those whose marriage has been legally dissolved or those who are separated from their spouse and who have not remarried or entered into another consensual union.

It is not necessary to ask this question to those under 13 years of age; in these cases, "3. single" is marked.

2. How to record the data

The different categories are mutually exclusive, therefore, only the number corresponding to the marital status of the enumerated person is marked.

3. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 5 of the census form]


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Guatemala 1994 — source variable GT1994A_MARST — Marital status
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VII. People in the census household

4. Current marital status

What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Under 12 years old
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Divorced or separated
[] 5 Widow
[] 6 Single
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3.3.4 Section VII: Persons in the census household

The first seven questions sets in this section refer to family relationship, age, sex, current marital status, ethnic group, death of mother and disability.

Questions 8-12 refer to the person's migration and ethnic characteristics. Only questions 11 and 12 are for persons aged three and older.

Questions 13-15 refer to literacy, level of education and attendance at school and are intended for persons aged seven and older.

The four following questions (16-19) refer to the person's type of economic activity, principal employment, branch of activity, and occupational category. They are also intended for persons aged seven and older.

The last five questions (20-24) cover fertility, and are intended only for females aged 12 and older.

The housing form has enough space to record a maximum of ten person, and so the section is repeated an equal number of times. The information about each person who spends the night in the homeless shelter should be written in the same order as they were listed in section V, "list of persons."

If the homeless shelter has more than ten persons, use an additional form.

Section VII is designed to allow you to record the complete information about one person. Write the person's order number in the grid space according to the list in section V. Spell out completely the first names and complete surnames of each person.

4. Current marital status
If the person is 12 or older, ask, "What is your current marital status?"
If the person, male or female, is less than 12, do not ask this question and mark an X in the circle corresponding to option 1, "less than 12 years old."

[A graphic of box 4, "current marital status," is reproduced on the left-hand side of the page.]

The following definitions will help you determine a person's current marital status:

[p. 48]

- Co-habiting: this is a person who lives in a consensual or de facto relationship with another person, without any marital or legal ties.

- Married: this is a person who has contracted legal marriage and lives with his/her spouse, i.e., is not widowed, divorced or separated.

- Divorced or separated: this is a person whose marriage was legally dissolved or a person who is currently separated from his/her spouse. This person has not married again, nor is he/she cohabiting.

- Widowed: this is a person who was married but whose spouse died, and the person has not remarried and is not cohabiting.

- Single: this is a person who has never been married and is not cohabiting.

Mark an X in the appropriate circle.


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Guatemala 2002 — source variable GT2002A_MARST — Marital status
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Chapter VII. Characteristics of the people

For persons 12 years and older
[Question 21 is for persons 12 years and older]

21. What is your marital status?

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced or separated
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Single
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Section 7: Individual characteristics

This section records individual information for a maximum of ten people - those listed in section 6, "total number of persons in the household." If there are more than ten people in the census household use as many additional forms as necessary.

[A graphic of the "individual characteristics", located at the top of section 7 of the census form, is included here.]

Person number: In the grid spaces on the upper left side of the form, write the number that corresponds to the person according to the order from the list of persons in section VI. The head of household is number 1.

Name: In the appropriate space, write the name of each of the persons who make up the household according to the order in which they appear on the list in question 3 of section VI. Begin with the head of household and continue writing according to the order established.

Information supplied by respondent: This is when the person interviewed gives information about his/her own self. Fill in the appropriate oval according to the information you receive.

Questions 1-11 should be asked for all permanent residents of the household in the dwelling.

Question 21 is for persons aged 12 and over.

21. Current marital status
Ask, "What is the person's current marital status?"

[A graphic of question 21, from section 7 of the census form, is included here.]

Cohabiting: This person is cohabiting with another person.

Married: This person is legally married and lives with his/her spouse, i.e. is not widowed, divorced, or separated.

Divorced or separated: This is a person whose marriage was legally dissolved or is separated from his/her spouse and has not married again and does not cohabit with anyone.

Widowed: This is a person who was married, whose spouse has died, and who has not re-married and is not cohabiting.

Single: This person has never married and is not cohabiting with anyone.


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Guinea 1996 — source variable GN1996A_MARST — Marital status
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Resident population aged 12 years and above
[Question P19 was asked of persons aged 12 years and above.]


P19 Marital status

[] 0 Single (never married)
[] 1 Married, with 1 wife
[] 2 Married, with 2 wives
[] 3 Married, with 3 wives
[] 4 Married, with 4 wives
[] 5 Married, with 5 wives
[] 6 Common law union/free union
[] 7 Divorced
[] 8 Separated
[] 9 Widowed

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Column P19: Marital Status
The marital status of an individual is his/her status with respect to marriage. By marriage is understood any union established between a man and a woman before the state, the Church, an Imam, or concluded according to customary or traditional rules.

Thus any person declaring that he/she is married must be considered as such.

[p. 54]

For this variable, the National Census Bureau (BNR) distinguishes 6 basic modalities: single, married, co-habiting, divorced, separated and widowed.

1) A single person is anyone who has never entered into a marriage contract or a conjugal union. He/she has no spouse at the date of the census. Record this as "J Ma ____ 0."
2) A married person is any person who has been married at least once in his/her life and who, at the date of the census, has a spouse or, in the case of men, one or several spouses. Record this as "Mar_ _ _ /_ _ _/." In the box across from "Mar" indicate the number of spouses he presently has if it's a man, and if it's a woman indicate her rank in the number of spouses (i.e., 1st, 2nd, 3rd spouse of her husband).
3) Cohabitation is a consensual union in which neither party claims that they are bound by marriage. They declare themselves to be in such an arrangement.
4) A divorced person is anyone who was previously married and whose marriage was dissolved by reasons other than the death of the spouse, and who is presently without a spouse.
5) Separation is when 2 people who are bound by marriage no longer live together because of disagreement caused by a variety of reasons. It is not yet a question of divorce, properly speaking, but of a stage in married life which most often ends in divorce. Anyone in this situation is considered as separated.
6) A widow or widower, is any person who was previously married and whose marriage was dissolved following the death of the spouse, and who is currently alone without a spouse.


Please note: a polygamous man who has lost one of his wives, either through divorce or death, is still married. What changes is the number of spouses, which has decreased by one.

Ask the following question of all residents of the household aged 12 or more:

"Have you ever been married?"
a) If the answer is no, you are dealing with the case of a single person, a person who has never been married -- "J Ma--0." Circle the code "0."
b) If the answer is yes, ask for confirmation of the marriage or marriages.

"Are you still married?"
If the answer is yes, ask:
a) For men: "How many wives do you currently have?"
b) For women: "Are you the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd . . . spouse of your current husband?

Write the number indicated in the box located across from "Mar," if the number is less than or equal to 5. If it is more than 5, write 5.

[p. 55]

If the answer is no, the person is no longer married and does not have a spouse. Ask him/her if he/she is widowed, divorced or separated and circle the number of the appropriate code.

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Guinea 2014 — source variable GN2014A_MARST — Marital status
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III. Individual characteristics

Residents of 12 years or more
[Questions P26 and P27 were asked of resident persons 12 years or more.]

P27. Marital status

What is the marital status of [the respondent]?

Enter the appropriate code.

[] 0 Single
[] 1 Man in monogamous marriage or woman married to a monogamous man
[] 2 Man married to 2 women or woman married to man having 2 wives
[] 3 Man married to 3 women or woman married to man having 3 wives
[] 4 Man married to 4 women or woman married to man having 4 wives
[] 5 Man married to 5 women or woman married to man having 5 wives
[] 6 Widow / widower
[] 7 Divorced or separated
[] 8 Living together or concubinage

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Haiti 1971 — source variable HT1971A_MARST — Marital status
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3. Marital status
Single having never been married or been in an arranged marriage, married in legitimate civil or religious union,
[Rest of this line is illegible]
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Long-term domestic partner
[] 4 Widow(er)
[] 5 Divorced

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Column 3- Marital Status: Write an 'x' in the appropriate box according to the response given.

a) Single. A single person is anyone who has never been married and who does not live with a domestic partner.

b) Married. Include in this category anyone who is still bound by legal ties

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(religious or civil).

c) Living in a Long-term Unmarried Relationship [placé]. Placé means any person living in a domestic partnership or declaring themselves to be in a domestic partnership.

Even if the person has been married, he or she must be considered as living in a domestic partnership [placé] if he/she has left his/her legal partner to cohabit with an unmarried partner. The goal of this question is to find out the true marital status of the individual at the time of the census. Make sure that the husband lives in the same dwelling as the domestic partner [concubine] before writing that he is living in a long-term unmarried relationship [placé].

d) Widow(er): Put any person whose spouse is deceased in this category.

e) Divorced: Consider any person whose marriage has been legally dissolved and who is not cohabiting with an unmarried partner as divorced. Any person in the process of getting a divorce or whose divorce has not yet been granted should still be considered 'married', even if he/she is legally separated by a legal judgment.

For example, a married person is classified as follows:
1. [ ] Single
2. [X] Married
3. [ ] Long-term domestic partner Placé, etc.


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Haiti 1982 — source variable HT1982A_MARST — Marital status
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5. Marital status: Is this person single, married, cohabiting, divorced, etc.?
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Cohabiting
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widow(er)
[] 9 Undeclared

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Question 5: Marital status
66. The marital status designates the situation of a person in regards to the laws of his/country concerning marriage. The categories below have been adopted. List as:

[p. 29]

1. Single: All people who have never been married and who have never had a partner.
2. Married: All people still united by the ties of a legitimate union (civil or religious or both.)
3. Partners: Any person living in a "common law marriage" union, meaning as lovers.
4. Divorced: Any person whose marriage has been dissolved by the decision of a judge and who is not married again to someone else. Check partners for a divorced person living with someone but not married.
5. Widowed: Any person previously married whose spouse is deceased and who is not remarried or living with someone.
6. Separated from marriage: Any person in a legal or de facto separation. Any person in "the middle of a divorce" or whose divorce has not yet been pronounced but who is not living with someone else.
7. Separated from a partner: Any person who was in a de facto union, meaning who was living with a partner, and who at the time of the census is no longer in this situation and is living alone.
8. Not declared: Include here any person for whom the marital status is not declared.
9. Other: Include all marital situations that are not included in the categories listed above.


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Haiti 2003 — source variable HT2003A_MARST — Marital Status
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F3. Population aged 10 and older
[Questions 21-28 were asked for individuals 10 years of age and older.]


21. Is this person currently:

[] 01 Single
[] 02 Married
[] 03 Cohabiting (with legal rights for children born of the couple) [placé(e)]
[] 04 Living with someone [viv avèk]
[] 05 Divorced
[] 06 Widowed
[] 07 Separated (from marriage)
[] 08 Separated (from cohabitation)


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Honduras 1961 — source variable HN1961A_MARST — Marital status
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General Characteristics

5. Marital Status
Write as appropriate:

[] Single
[] Married
[] Cohabitant
[] Widowed
[] Divorced
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Column number 5: Marital Status
Write in this column the marital status of all enumerated persons in the Census Day, using the following words:

Single: those who have never married, including minors. Excluded from this group are those who are not married but live in a consensual union.

Married: those who have been legally married at the time of enumeration. Include in this group those who are married but are not living with their spouse, only if they are not living in a consensual union with another person.

Consensual union: one who lives in a state of marriage without having been legally married.

Widowed: one whose spouse has passed away and who has not remarried or entered into a consensual union.

Divorced: one whose marriage has ended through a legal divorce and who has not remarried or entered into a consensual union.


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Honduras 1974 — source variable HN1974A_MARST — Marital status
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A. - Personal and Geographic Characteristics (For all people resident in the dwelling)

5. Are you married, in a consensual union, single, divorced, or widowed?

Mark the appropriate box, according to the instructions on page 32 of your manual.

Married to a spouse who:
[] 0 lives in the dwelling
[] 1 lives elsewhere
[] 2 lives separately
In a union with a partner who:
[] 3 lives in the dwelling
[] 4 lives elsewhere
[] 5 lives separately
[] 6 Single
[] 7 Divorced
[] 8 Widowed
[] 9 Unknown
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A) Personal and Geographic Characteristics

This section is for all residents in the dwelling. It is intended to find out information about the composition of the population according to their relationship with the head of household, sex, age, civil status, whether the mother is alive, place of birth, year of arrival in the country, nationality, and permanent residence in 1969.

Ask questions 1-9 of everyone who is enumerated, without exception and according to the detailed instructions below.

Question set 5: Are you/is the person married, co-habiting, single, divorced or widowed?

The following definitions will help you categorize each person correctly according to his/her civil or marital status.

A) Married. This is a person who has entered into matrimony, even though he/she may be separated but not divorced on the census date. Within this category the following information is of interest:

a) Married to a spouse who lives in the dwelling (box 0)
b) Married to a spouse who lives elsewhere (box 1)
c) Married living apart (box 2)

If a person is married but living with another person because he is separated from his legal wife, check off box 3, co-habiting with a companion who lives in the dwelling.

B) Cohabiting. This is a person (single, divorced or widowed) who lives in a consensual relationship with another person and has established a family with that person, without any legal matrimonial ties. Within this category the following information is of interest:

a) Cohabiting with a partner who lives in the dwelling (box 3)
b) Cohabiting with a partner who lives elsewhere (box 4)
c) Cohabiting living apart (box 5)
[p. 33]

Be very careful when enumerating persons who were cohabiting and are now living apart as they tend to declare themselves single. Check off box 5 for these people (co-habiting living apart).

C) Single (box 6). This is a person who has never been married and who is not cohabiting and has not cohabited.

D) Divorced (box 7). This is a person whose marriage was legally dissolved by a qualified authority. The person has not remarried and is not cohabiting.

E) Widowed (box 8). This is a person whose spouse has died. The person has not remarried and is not cohabiting.

The categories are mutually exclusive. Therefore, check off only one box according to the civil or marital status of the person being enumerated.


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Honduras 1988 — source variable HN1988A_MARST — Marital status
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B. Educational characteristics


18. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Separated
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single

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18. What is your current marital status?
Each of the following alternatives is read and an "X" is marked in the corresponding circle.

Be aware that:

Consensual Union: Is the person who lives with his/her spouse without having been married, either civilly or religiously.
[p. 48]
Married: Is the person who has been married, either civilly or religiously, and who lives with his or her spouse.

Separated: Is the married person who does not live with his or her spouse and who does not live in a consensual union with another person.

Divorced: Is the person whose marriage has been terminated by a judicial sentence and who has not remarried or live in a consensual union.

Widowed: Is the person who, after the death of a spouse, has not remarried and does not live in a consensual union.

Single: Is the person who has never been married and who does not live in a consensual union.

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Honduras 2001 — source variable HN2001A_MARST — Marital status
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Section F. Characteristics of the persons

For persons 12 years old or more
[Question 17 was asked of persons aged 12 years or older]

17. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Separated
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single
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For persons 12 years old and older
[Questions 17 was asked of persons aged 12 years or older]

Question 17: What is your current marital status?
Read each of the alternatives that appear in the form, and mark the corresponding box.

You should take into account that we want to register the conjugal status of the persons at the census moment, independent of the legal situation.

1. Consensual union: This is the conjugal union that exists between two persons without having contracted civil nor religious marriage.

2. Married: This is the person who has contracted marriage according to the civil law or by any religion.

3. Separated: This is the person with marital ties, who does not currently live with his or her spouse nor in consensual union with another person.

4. Divorced: This is the person who ended the marital tie through judicial sentence, and who has not remarried.

5. Widow: This is the person who after the death of his or her spouse has not remarried nor lives in consensual union with another person.

6. Single: This is the person who has never contracted marriage, nor lives in a consensual union with any person.
[pg.54]

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Hungary 2001 — source variable HU2001A_CONUN — In consensual union
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10. Do you live in cohabitation?
[] 0 No
[] Yes, with present partner

_ _ _ _ Year _ _ Month


10. In cohabitation, it is not necessary for the partners to live in common dwelling in this respect.

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Question 10: Do you live in cohabitation?

The denomination "living in consensual partnership" refers to persons declaring themselves as living in lasting cohabitation without legal marriage; they might live together either on the place of enumeration or not in the same dwelling. If a person is marked as consensual partner the table on the 4th page of the dwelling questionnaire, answer should be given here by marking the year and month of the commencement of the cohabitation.

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Hungary 2011 — source variable HU2011A_PARTNER — In consensual union
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Personal questionnaire

I. Demography

[Questions 1 through 3 were asked of all persons]

[Questions 12.1 and 12.2 are asked of persons in a cohabiting partnership]
12. Do you have a cohabiting partner?

[] No [go to question 13]
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I. Demography

12. Do you have a cohabiting partner?
The question refers to both registered or recorded or unregistered or unrecorded cohabiting partnership.

A person living in cohabiting partnership lives together with a partner without marriage permanently in a relationship similar to marriage, irrespectively of his/her sex, marital status and the fact whether he/she lives with the partner in the same household at the reference date of the census.

In case of no answer, continue at question 13.


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Hungary 2011 — source variable HU2011A_MARST — Legal marital status
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Personal questionnaire

I. Demography

[Questions 1 through 3 were asked of all persons]

10. What is your legal marital status?

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widow(er)
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Registered cohabiting partner
[] 6 Widowed registered cohabiting partner
[] 7 Divorced registered cohabiting partner
[For responses 5, 6 and 7], these answers can be marked only in case of same-sex cohabiting partners registered after July 1, 2009.
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I. Demography

10. What is your legal marital status?
The legal marital status must be taken into account. Also the legal marital status has to be marked in case of cohabiting partnership.

Never married is a person who has not yet married and not registered as cohabiting partner.

Married is a person whose legal marriage is not dissolved by a legal judgement, independently of the fact whether he/she lives together with his/her spouse or not.

Widowed is a person whose legal spouse deceased and who has not remarried or been registered as a cohabiting partner.

Divorced is a person whose marriage is dissolved by a legal judgement and who has not remarried or been registered as a cohabiting partner.

Registered cohabiting partner is a person who is registered with his/her same-sex partner by official authorities. According to the current legal status, registered cohabiting partnership can be registered since 1st July 2009. Registered at the notary public is not registered cohabiting partnership, as this does not change the person's legal marital status.

In case the respondent is not married, continue the questionnaire at question 12.

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Jamaica 2001 — source variable JM2001A_PARTNER — Currently living with common law partner
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[Questions 1.6-1.8 for persons 16 years old and older only]


1.8 Are you/is [the respondent] currently living with a common-law partner?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 9 Not stated

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5.45 Questions 1.6-1.8: Marital and union status
[Persons age 16 and older. If, however, it is clear that the individual although younger than 16 years is married (as for example among Hindus), then ask the questions and make a note in the visitation record]

Marital status refers to the legal status of the relationship, while union status refers to the actual type of relationship in which a person may be involved. A man or woman can be involved in either of the following relationships:

(1) He or she could be legally married and living with the person to whom he or she is married.

(2) He or she could be living with a partner to whom he or she is not legally married. This is referred to as living common-law.


5.48 Question 1.8.

This question is to be asked of persons who at Q1.6 indicated that they were not married and persons who are legally married but who at Q1.7 said that they were not currently living with husband or wife.


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Jamaica 2001 — source variable JM2001A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions 1.6-1.8 for persons 16 years old and older only]


1.6 What is your/ [the respondent's] legal marital status? For example, are you/is [the respondent] married, divorced, widowed or never married?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Divorced (go to question 1.8)
[] 3 Widowed (go to question 1.8)
[] 4 Legally separated (go to question 1.8)
[] 5 Never married (go to question 1.8)
[] 9 Not stated

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5.45 Questions 1.6-1.8: Marital and union status
[Persons age 16 and older. If, however, it is clear that the individual although younger than 16 years is married (as for example among Hindus), then ask the questions and make a note in the visitation record]

Marital status refers to the legal status of the relationship, while union status refers to the actual type of relationship in which a person may be involved. A man or woman can be involved in either of the following relationships:

(1) He or she could be legally married and living with the person to whom he or she is married.

(2) He or she could be living with a partner to whom he or she is not legally married. This is referred to as living common-law.


5.46 Question 1.6

Married: Score this for all persons [who are] formally married, whether or not they are living with the partner to whom they are legally married. In those cases where East Indians have been married according to the Hindu custom (that is, under the bamboo) or the Muslim rites, score whether or not the marriage has been legally registered.

The remaining four categories -- "Widowed", "Divorced", "Legally separated", and "Never married" -- are self-explanatory. Please note the following:

(i) Married persons who are separated but who have not been through the courts are to be scored as married

(ii) A "Decree absolute" must be granted for the person to be considered divorced.


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Kyrgyzstan 1999 — source variable KG1999A_MARST — Marital status
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Persons aged 15 years and over
[Question 10 was asked of persons aged 15 years and over.]

10. Marital status
[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Registered married
[] 3 Not registered married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Separated

Number of a wife (husband) __

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Question 10. Marital status

This question is usually asked of persons aged 15 years and over, in which case the code corresponding to one of the prompts given is to be circled.
Code 1 "Never married" is to be circled for persons who never were in a registered or in a common law (unregistered) marriage.
Code 2 "Registered marriage" is to be circled for persons presently married, with their marriage being registered with the Civil Registry Office.
Code 3 "Unregistered marriage" (common law marriage) is to be encircled for persons presently married without registration with the Civil Registry Office.
Code 4 "Widowed" is to be encircled for persons who were married earlier (whether their marriage registered or not), but whose marriage stopped because of the death of the spouse and who have not remarried.
Code 5 "Divorced" is to be encircled for persons who were earlier in a registered marriage, but at the moment are unmarried with their divorce being registered with the Civil Registry Office.
Code 6 "Separated" is to be encircled for persons who were earlier in a registered marriage, but at the moment are unmarried and do not jointly keep the house, with their divorce not registered yet with the registry office, as well as for persons who were earlier in unregistered marriage, but at the moment has been separated.

For those married (codes 2 or 3) the serial number under which his wife (husband) is recorded within the dwelling is to be entered in a special box, i.e. the number specified against her/his name in column 1 of the List of residents in dwelling if the wife (husband) is a permanent resident in this household.

For persons under 15 years of age the answer to this question is usually not completed. Only if a person questioned does insist on his/her marriage, the corresponding code should be marked.

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Kyrgyzstan 2009 — source variable KG2009A_MARST — Marital status
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10. Marital status
(persons 15 years and over)
[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Registered married
[] 3 Not registered married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Separated

No. of wife [or] husband (from column 1 of the form [1]) _ _

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Question 10. Marital status (for persons aged 15 and over)

To be filled in for persons aged 15 and over.
Code 1 "never married" is to be encircled for persons who have never been either in a registered or in an unregistered (common law) marriage.
Code 2 "registered marriage" is to be encircled for persons presently married, with their marriage being registered with the Civil Registry Office.
Code 3 "unregistered marriage" (common law marriage) is to be encircled for persons presently married without registration with the Civil Registry Office.
For those married (codes 2 or 3), the enumerator is to specify in a special box the number of spouse assigned him/her in column 1 of the List of residents (the same number is specified against the family name in the spouse's enumeration form).
Code 4 "widowed" is to be encircled for persons who were married earlier (whether their marriage registered or not), but whose marriage stopped because of the death of the spouse and who have not remarried.
Code 5 "divorced" is to be encircled for persons who were earlier in a registered marriage, but at the moment are unmarried with their divorce being registered with Civil Registry Office.
Code 6 "separated" is to be encircled for persons who were earlier in a registered marriage, but at the moment are unmarried and do not jointly keep the house, with their divorce not registered with the registry office, as well as for persons who were earlier in unregistered marriage, but at the moment do not jointly keep the house.
This question is not to be addressed to persons under 15 years of age. Only if a person questioned does insist on his/her marriage, the corresponding code should be marked.

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Laos 2015 — source variable LA2015A_MARST — Marital status
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B. For all persons in the household

Q6. Marital status

[] 1. Never married
[] 2. Married
[] 3. Divorced/separated
[] 4. Widowed
[] 5. Stay-together
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4.2 Part B: Use for all households.

Q6: Marital status
Refers to the marital status of the household members: married, never married, divorced or separated, living together, and widowed. The determination of marital status is based on the following:

1) "Never Married": refers to a person who has never been married even once in his/her life;
 
2) "Married": refers to a person who is married and is living together with their current spouse. If a person has been divorced but has remarried now, record it as "married".
 
3) "Divorced/separated": divorced means a person who has divorced his/her husband/wife voluntarily and legally and no longer has a relationship as a husband/wife. Separated refers to a married couple who was acknowledged by wedding or non-wedding and no longer live together as husband and wife and "Separated but no divorce certificate yet".
 
4) "Widow": refers to a person whose husband/wife has died and currently he/she has not remarried yet;
 
5) "Cohabitation": refers to a couple who lives together without a proper wedding ceremony defined by customs and laws.

 
The surveyor must write down the answers given by the interviewee and not ask for legal documents about the marital status. If the interviewee answered "single," you have to continue to ask if the single status means he/she has never been married or is single because of the divorce. You will have to highlight in black on the box according to the answer code defined in the questionnaire.


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Lesotho 2006 — source variable LS2006A_MARST — Marital status
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Section B. List of household members

6. What is (the respondent's) marital status?

[Skip to question 9 if respondent selects 1 or 9.]

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Monogamously married
[] 3 Polygamously married
[] 4 Living together
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Divorced
[] 7 Widowed
[] 9 Don't know
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Part B of the questionnaire
For all persons

76. Column 6. Marital status

Please code according to list giving the present status; thus a person divorced and remarried is married.
A man who is married to one woman and a woman who has no co wives is monogamously married, irrespective of past status (Code 2).
A man who is married to more than one woman or a woman who has co wives (whose husband has more than one woman) is polygamously married (Code 3).

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Liberia 2008 — source variable LR2008A_MARST — Marital status
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P06. Marital Status
What is [the respondent's] marital status?

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Mali 2009 — source variable ML2009A_MARST — Marital status
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Population age twelve or older
[Questions P29-P30 were asked for persons age 12+.]

P29) Martial status

Determine the marital status of the surveyed individual and record the code corresponding to the response

[] 0 Person not applicable
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married monogamous
[] 3 Married polygamous
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced/separated
[] 6 De facto union/Civil partnership
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Questions P29 to P33 are for people aged 12 years or older. Questions P31 to P33 are only for women aged 12 to 49 years.

6.2.3.28 Marital status (Column P29)
The agent asks the following question: "What is (name)?s marital status?." Before asking, the agent already has an idea of marital status from the asked in questions in P2 (order) and P4 (relationship). Marital status is marriage vis-à-vis the laws and customs of the country. The agent records the code corresponding to the reported marital status.

0 = Person not applicable
1 = Single
2 = Married, monogamous
3 = Married, polygamous
4 = Widow / widower
5 = Divorced / Separated (e)
6 = partnership / Cohabitation

Because marital status is marriage under the laws of his/her country, you may find specific situations for foreigners. The agent must enter the code closest to the reported status.


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Mauritius 1990 — source variable MU1990A_MARST — Marital status
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In strict confidence
Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
Central Statistical Office

Population Census
Mauritius

Night of 1-2 July 1990

Notice

1. Persons by whom the return is to be made
In the case of:

(i) households: the Head of the household or person for the time being acting as head;
The head of a household is any adult member, whether male or female, who is acknowledged as head by the other members. A household is either (i) a person living on his own or (ii) a group of two or more persons who may or may not be related, but who live together and make common provision for food and other essentials for living. Two families living in one house constitute one household if they have common housekeeping arrangements, but should be considered as separate households if they have separate housekeeping arrangements and should then be entered on two separate census forms.
(ii) hotels, clubs, boarding houses: the Manager or other person for the time being in charge of the premises;
(iii) hospitals, infirmaries, asylums, prisons or any other residential institution: the Chief Resident Officer or other person for the time being in charge of the institution;
(iv) Naval Forces, Air Forces, the Special Mobile Force or the Police Training School: the Commanding Officer or the officer presently in charge;
(v) ships, barges or other vessels in any port or harbor in Mauritius: the Captain, master or other person for the time being in charge of the vessel;
(vi) persons arriving after midnight on the night 1-2 July 1990 and who have not been enumerated elsewhere: the person specified above by whom the return is to be made with respect to the persons present at midnight on 1 July 1990 in any of the premises mentioned above;
(vii) persons not included in any of the above-mentioned categories: the person in respect of whom the return is to be made.

2. Persons in respect of whom the return is to be made

(i) All persons who spend census night 1-2 July 1990 on the premises whether they are members of the household, visitors, guests, boarders or servants;
(ii) all persons who arrive on the premises and join the household on Monday July 2 1990 without having been enumerated elsewhere; and
(iii) all temporarily absent members of the household, i.e. all persons who usually live in the household, but who are away on census night, for example, on a business trip, on vacation, in hospital or studying abroad; include them even if you know that they are being enumerated elsewhere.

3. Legal provisions

(i) The Census is taken by the Central Statistical Office under the Statistics Act. Every person is required by law to give to the person responsible for making the return such information as may be necessary to enable the return to be made. No use may however be made of such information by the person to whom it is given except for the purpose of making the return.
(ii) Any person who refuses or neglects to fill in the form or to supply the particulars required therein or who knowingly makes in this form any statement which is untrue in any material particular shall commit an offence under the Statistics Act, and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000.
(iii) All information obtained in the course of the Census is treated as confidential. No information about named individuals is ever passed on by the central Statistical Office to any other Government Department or to any other Authority or person. All enumerators and other officers engaged in the taking of the Census are under oath and are liable to prosecution if they improperly disclose any information which has come to their knowledge while performing their duties.

4. Completion of the form

The form should be completely filled in by the person designated in section 1 above. If any difficulty is experienced, particularly with columns 24 to 37, guidance should be sought from the Enumerator when he calls to collect the form. If the answers are incomplete or inaccurate, the enumerator will ask any questions necessary to enable him to complete or correct the form.
The information should be entered in the space provided using ink or a ball-point pen. Nothing should be written in the boxes which are reserved for codes.

5. Collection of the form

The form will be collected on 2 or 3 July 1990 by the appointed enumerator.
Before completing the census form, please consult the guide which is in both English and French.

Declaration
I declare that the information in this return is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature or mark of the person making the return: ____
Signature of authorized officer: ____

Please do not write anything in the boxes
Complete a line for every person present on Census night (1-2 July 1990) and also for every person who usually lives in the household but was absent on Census night.
See instructions in section 2 on front page.

12 Marital status ____

Write:
[] W - widowed (not remarried)
[] D - divorced (not remarried)
[] SEP - separated, whether legally or not
[] MRC - married religiously and civilly
[] MR - married religiously only
[] MC - married civilly only
[] C - in a union but not married religiously or civilly
[] S - single
[] UM - other
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7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form
The Census form has to be filled in completely by the head of the household.
A household is either one person living alone, or a group of persons, who may or may not be related, but who live together and make common provision for food and other essentials for living. The head of household is any adult member, whether male or female, who is acknowledged as head by the other members.

The census form can contain information for up to 10 persons. If there are more than ten persons, continue on a new form which can be obtained from the Census enumerator. Please note that nothing should be written in the shaded boxes [][]: they are reserved for inserting codes.

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After completing the form, have it ready so that the enumerator can collect it on Monday 2 July 1990 or soon after. If you are not sure how to complete any of the entries, please ask the enumerator to help you when he or she calls. He or she will also check your answers and ask any questions necessary to complete the form and correct inaccurate entries.

Column 12
Marital status
Write as appropriate:

W - for a person who is widowed and has not remarried.
D - for a person who has legally obtained a divorce and has not remarried.
SEP - for a person who is living separately from his wife (or her husband) provided that no divorce has been obtained.
MRC - for a person who is currently married both religiously and civilly.
MR - for a person who is currently married religiously only.
MC- for a person who is currently married civilly only.
C - for a person who is living in a free union with another, without being married religiously or civilly.
S - for a person who has never been married religiously or civilly and has never lived in a free union.
UM - for persons who do not fall in any of the above categories.

Please note that widowed (W) and separated (SEP) can apply to a person who had been previously married, either civilly or religiously, and also to a person who had been in a free union. However, divorced (D) can apply only to a person who had been married civilly, or civilly as well as religiously.


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Mauritius 2000 — source variable MU2000A_MARST — Marital status
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[Population census form]

12. Marital status _

Write as applicable:

[] W - widowed (not remarried)
[] D - divorced (not remarried)
[] SEP - separated, whether legally or not
[] MRC - married religiously and civilly
[] MR - married religiously only
[] MC - married civilly only
[] C - in a union but not married religiously or civilly
[] S - single
[] UP - unmarried parent
[] OTHER - other, specify ____
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7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form

Column 12 - Marital status
Write as appropriate:

W- for a person who is widowed and has not remarried;
D- for a person who has legally obtained a divorce and has not remarried;
SEP- for a person who is living separately from his wife (or her husband) provided that no divorce has been obtained;
MRC- for a person who is currently married both religiously and civilly;
MR- for a person who is currently married religiously only;
MC - for a person who is currently married civilly only;
C- for a person who is living in a free union with another, without being married religiously or civilly;
S- for a person who has never been married religiously or civilly and has never lived in a free union;
UP- for an unmarried parent;
Other- for persons who do not fall in any of the above categories (specify).

Please note that widowed (W) and separated (SEP) can apply to a person who had been previously married, either civilly or religiously, and also to a person who had been in a free union. However, divorced (D) can apply only to a person who had been married civilly, or civilly as well as religiously.


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Mauritius 2011 — source variable MU2011A_MARST — Marital status
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Individual form

P13. Marital status

State if:

[] 0 Widowed (not remarried)
[] 1 Divorced (not remarried)
[] 2 Separated
[] 3 Married religiously and civilly
[] 4 Married religiously only
[] 5 Married civilly only
[] 6 In a union but not married religiously or civilly
[] 7 Single (never married)
[] 8 Unmarried parent
[] 9 Other - specify____
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6. Population census topics and their usefulness

P13 - Marital status
Marital status is essential for the analysis of other characteristics of the population, and also for planning of services needed by special groups such as single-parent families and elderly widowed persons living alone.

8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire

P13 - Marital status
[figure omitted]

Shade the appropriate box. Please note that:

- 0 Widowed (not remarried) applies to a person who is widowed and has not remarried;
- 1 Divorced (not remarried) applies to a person who has legally obtained a divorce and has not remarried;
- 2 Separated applies to a person who is living separately from his/her spouse (wife or husband) and no divorce has been obtained;
- 3 Married religiously and civilly applies to a person who is currently married both religiously and civilly;
- 4 Married religiously only applies to a person who is currently married religiously only;
- 5 Married civilly only applies to a person who is currently married civilly only;
- 6 In a union but not married religiously or civilly applies to a person who is living in a free union with another, without being married religiously or civilly;
- 7 Single (never married) applies to a person who has never been married religiously or civilly and has never lived in a free union;
- 8 Unmarried Parent
- 9 Other - for persons, who do not fall in any of the above categories; give details in the adjacent boxes.

"Widowed" and "Separated" can apply to a person who had been previously married, either civilly or religiously, and also to a person who had been in a free union. However, "Divorced" can apply only to a person who had been married civilly, or civilly as well as religiously.
If more than one response applies, shade the box that shows the marital status most closely as at Census Night. For instance if a divorced person is living in a free union with another person, then his/her marital status should be recorded as "6 - In a union but not married religiously or civilly" but not as "1 - Divorced (not remarried)".


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Mexico 1960 — source variable MX1960A_MARST — Marital status
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Civil Status

[] 23. Single
[] 24. Married - civil ceremony
[] 25. Married - religious ceremony
[] 26. Consensual Union
[] 27. Widowed
[] 28. Legally divorced
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Civil State

Column 23. Single. When the person being enumerated has never been married, and on the census date does not live in a free union, an (X) should be made in column 23.

Column 24. Civilly married. Make an (X) when the [P. 23] enumerated person declares that they are civilly married.

Column 25. Married by the church. Make an (X) when the enumerated person declares that are in a religious marriage. If they are in a civil marriage as well as a religious marriage make an (X) in column 24 and column 25.

Column 26. When two enumerated persons, male and female, declare that they live in a marital arrangement with another person, without having entered into a civil or religious marriage, make an (X) in this column.

Column 27. Widow. A person who has lost their spouse by death (with whom they were married civilly or religiously), has not remarried, nor lives in a free union, is considered a widow. In this case, make an (X) in this column.

Column 28. Legally divorced. Make an (X) in this column when the enumerated person declares that they are divorced, that is, that their marriage has been dissolved by a firm sentence of divorce dictated by the competent authorities, and who has not remarried, nor lives in a free union.

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Mexico 1970 — source variable MX1970A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons twelve years old or more


12. Marital status

What is the current martial status of this person? Mark with an X

Married:

[ ] 2 Civil and religious
[ ] 3 Only civil
[ ] 4 Only religious


[ ] 5 Lives in a consensual union
[ ] 6 Widow
[ ] 7 Divorced
[ ] 8 Separated
[ ] 9 Single

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Marital Status

Column 12

This regards finding out the marital status of all people, men or women, 12 years old or above in the census moment.

To clear up any possible doubt, the following definitions should be kept in mind:

1. A person civilly and religiously married is one who has entered into marriage in accordance with the civil law and by any religion, and lives with their spouse; that is to say, that has not been widowed, nor has divorced or separated.

2. A person who is civilly married only is one who has entered into marriage only by law and who lives with their spouse; that is to say, that has not been widowed, nor has divorced or separated.

3. A person religiously married only is one who has entered into marriage only by religion and who lives with their spouse; that is to say, that has not been widowed, nor has annulled their marriage, nor has separated.

4. A person who lives in a consensual union is one who lives a marriage-like life with another person as if they were married, without having entered into a civil or religious marriage.

5. A widow is one who has lost their spouse or companion to death, and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.

6. A divorced person is one who, having been civilly married, separated themselves by way of a divorce decree dictated by the competent authority, and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.

7. A separated person is one who lives separately from their spouse or companion after having been married or having lived habitually with another person as if they were married.

8. A single person is one who has never been married and has never lived habitually with another person as if they were married (consensual union).

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Mexico 1990 — source variable MX1990A_MARST — Marital status
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Ask only if the person is twelve years old or more


12. Civil Status

What is the current civil status of this person? Mark with an X one circle only.

[ ] 1 Consensual union
[ ] 2 Married with civil and religious ceremonies
[ ] 3 Married only with civil marriage
[ ] 4 Married only with religious ceremony
[ ] 5 Separated
[ ] 6 Divorced
[ ] 7 Widowed
[ ] 8 Single

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Questions for persons who are twelve years old or more.

Questions: 11. Number of children; 12. Civil status; 13. Principal activity; 14. Principal Occupation; 15. Labor situation; 16. Hours; 17. Economic activity and 18. Income, will only be asked if the person about whom you are requesting information is 12 years old or more. If the person is a man, continue directly with the question about civil status. If the person is a woman, ask question 11. Number of children.


12. Civil status

You should always ask this question, even if you consider the person to be very young. What is important is to know the civil status of the person being interviewed at the census moment, according to the conjugal or marriage laws or customs of the country.

[Illustration]
-I was married, but I got divorced and now I live with Sara, even though we are not married.
Free union [x] 1
[End of illustration]


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Mexico 1995 — source variable MX1995A_MARST — Marital status
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VI Nuptial information

For people 12 years old or older
[Applies to questions 6.1 to 6.4]


Civil state
6.1 Is (Name) currently:

Read the options until getting an affirmative answer.

[] 1 Living in free union?
[] 2 Widowed?
[] 3 Separated?
[] 4 Divorced?
[] 5 Married?
[] 6 Single? Go to 7.1

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VI Civil State

With this section, the distribution of the population according to its current civil state, number of unions (marriages or free unions), age of the first union, and average time in the first union are known.

This section is applied to all people 12 years old or older.


6.1 Civil state

The goal of this question is to identify the conjugal situation or civil state that the person currently has.

Civil state permits us to distinguish the population 12 years old or old being found currently united (by marriage or free union), not united (by death, separation or divorce) or single.

Read each of the options and upon receiving an affirmative answer, register the code that corresponds in the box meant for it. Respect the order of the six options and do not presuppose the civil state of people.

If a person has double civil state (one legal and one de facto), the current one is registered or the one corresponding to the moment of the interview.

[p. 113]

Below the options that this question has are mentioned.

Lives in free union?...1

It refers to people who live as a pair without legally or religiously formalizing their union.

Is widowed?...2

They are people whose pair or companion has died and have not been married again, nor live in free union with a companion.

Is separated?...3

It refers to people who do not live with their pair or companion, without getting divorced, including those who have lived in free union and currently do not live with their pair.

When the dynamic of the interview permits you to know that a person has lived in free union and declares him or herself as single because of not living with the pair, clarify it with the informant, saying "ok, but you told me before that you lived in free union;" if the response is "yes but we separated" then register it in this option.

Is divorced?...4

It alludes to people who legally separated from their pair or companion and currently do not live with another pair or have not married again.

Is married?...5

Corresponds to people who are married, either legally, religiously or both.

People married only civilly, only by the church or both, should be classified in this option.

Is single?

They are people who have not married (civil or religiously) and never have lived in free union.

[p. 114]

When writing this option down, go to 7.1.

In this question, consider that a precedent exists of which a person because of being asked has a pair, because the informant said so, ask the question with option 1, if the answer is "no" continue with option 5, for example: Currently does (Name) live in free union?

Wait for the answer; if it is "yes" write down number 1, on the contrary, continue: Is (Name) married?

If the answer is yes, write down code 5.


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Mexico 2000 — source variable MX2000A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons twelve years old or more


21. Marital Status

Currently this person is:
Read all of the options until you receive an affirmative response. Circle only one answer.

1 Consensual union
2 Separated
3 Divorced
4 Widowed
Married

5 Only with civil marriage
6 Only with religious ceremony
7 With civil and religious ceremonies

8 Single

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The following questions should be asked of all people 12 years old or above.


21. Marital Status

This question is meant to find out if the person currently lives in a consensual union, is separated, married, single, or in some other situation, in accordance with the conjugal or marital laws or customs of the country. You should ask the question even if you think that the person is very young.

[Depiction of this completed question on the enumeration form, and a related drawing]


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Mexico 2010 — source variable MX2010A_MARST — Marital status
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III. Personal characteristics

Now I am going to ask you about (name): ________
Copy the name of the person from section II


For person age 12 or older
[Questions 24-35 were asked of persons age 12 or older]


24. Marital status
Currently, [the respondent]:

Read the options until you receive an affirmative answer and then circle only one code.

[] 1 Cohabits with his/her partner [free union]
[] 2 Is separated (go to 26)
[] 3 Is divorced (go to 26)
[] 4 Is widowed (go to 26)
Is married:

[] 5 Married in a civil ceremony only
[] 6 Married in a religious ceremony only
[] 7 Married in both civil and religious ceremonies

[] 8 Is single (go to 26)

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6.5 Section III. Characteristics of the people

In this section the information of the people who inhabit the dwelling, like the sex, age, level of studies, income, among others, is obtained.

Before requesting the information for each person, copy all the names in the spaces designated for them, and for each person start with the phrase: "Now I'm going to ask about (mention the name of the person you previously noted)", so that the informer knows about whom you will be asking the information.


For persons age 12 or older
[Questions 24-35 are for persons age 12 or older]


24. Marital status
This question finds out if the person actually lives in a free union or if he/she is married, single, widowed, separated, or divorced.

Ask the question even if the person is young, to avoid omitting adolescent unions or marriages.

[p. 107]

When the informer mentions that at some time the person was married or in a free union, register him/her as separated, divorced, or widowed, according to the case, but never as a single person.


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Mexico 2015 — source variable MX2015A_MARST — Marital status
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26. Marital status
Is [the respondent] currently:
[Read the options and circle one code]

[] 1 Living with a partner or in union
[] 2 Is separated [skip to question 28]
[] 3 Is divorced [skip to question 28]
[] 4 Is widowed [skip to question 28]
[] 5 Is married
[] 6 Is single [skip to 28]
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26. Marital Status
This question identifies whether the person lives in free union or marriage, single, widowed, separated or divorced.

Read the question with all the options until obtain an affirmative answer and circle the appropriate code to the response.

[Figures are omitted]
Never make assumptions about the marital status of a person. Ask this question even if the person is young, to avoid omissions of joined or married teenagers.

Register as married to persons who got married through a civil, religious procedure, or both.

When the informant mentions that once he/she was married or cohabiting, register to him/her as separated, divorced, or widowed, depending of the case, but never as a single person.

If the answer is "living with a partner or in union" or "married", continue with question 27 "Partner's identification". For separated, divorced, widowed, or single persons pass to question 28 "Work".


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Mexico 2020 — source variable MX2020A_MARST — Marital status
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28. Marital status: Currently, is [the respondent]:

Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only

[] 1 Living with a partner in a common-law union
[] 2 Separated (go to 30)
[] 3 Divorced (go to 30)
[] 4 Widowed (go to 30)
Married:
[] 5 Only by civil ceremony
[] 6 Only by religious ceremony
[] 7 By civil and religious ceremony
[] 8 Single (go to 30)
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15.3 Section III. People characteristics

In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.

Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.

[Figure omitted: image with text]

For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.

Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.

Marital status
28. Marital status
This question identifies the population who is of 12 years of age and older who are currently living in a domestic partnership, married, single, widowed, separated, or divorced.

Read the question along with all the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle the appropriate code.

Do not take a person's marital status for granted for any reason. Apply the question, even if the person seems very young to you, to avoid omissions of unmarried or married teenagers.

If the respondent mentions that the person was ever married or in a domestic partnership, record her/him as separated, divorced, or widowed, as appropriate, but never as a single person.

[p. 363]

[Figure omitted: image with text]

If the person was living in a domestic partnership and is now separated, record option 2. He/she is separated.

In case the respondent's answer is that the person is in a cohabitation, consider that he/she is living in a domestic partnership and record option 1. He/she lives with her partner in a domestic partnership.

When the person lives with his or her partner in a domestic partnership or is married only civilly, only religiously, or both, continue with question 29.

Partner identification; for separated, divorced, widowed, or single people, skip to question 30. Activity condition.

The question of marital status is presented in the census manager as shown in the following image:

[Figure omitted: image with text]


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Mongolia 2000 — source variable MN2000A_MARST — Marital status
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Persons aged 15 and over should answer.
[Questions 14-19 were asked of persons 15 and over.]


14. Marital status:

[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Living together
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed

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Question 14

Marital status

This question should be answered by men and women over the age of 18. According to the "Mongolian Law on Marriage", the age of marriage is defined as 18, but in reality, there are many instances of people who were married when they were under the age of 18. In the international methodology for the population census, the age of marriage is 15. The enumerator should ask the question about marriage very gently, especially for the children ages 15-16.

If a teenager at age of 15-16 is married, the enumerator should complete the questionnaire their marriage as "not confirmed marriage."

Never married. Never married person age of 15 and over.

Legally registered or unregistered marriage. Legally registered marriage is whereby couples have registered with a civic marital office and received the marriage certificate.

Unregistered marriage is a marriage that has not been registered in the civic marital office/in any duration of period/but already started living together.

Separated. Persons who are not divorced legally but are living separately.

Divorced. Persons who had not remarried for any duration of period after they got officially divorced.

Widowed. A person who has not remarried for any duration of period after their spouse died.

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Mozambique 1997 — source variable MZ1997A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions 6 through 31 were asked of usual residents of the household.]

FOR PEOPLE AGED 12+ ONLY.

27. What is (the person)?s marital status?

[] Single
[] Married
[] Living together as married partners
[] Divorced/Separated
[] Widowed
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Questions Only For People With 7 Years And Older

P27. Which is your marital status?
Read each question and answer choices.
Keep in mind that:

- Single is a person of either sex who never married or lived in marital union. Mark X in box number 1;
- Married is the person who has contracted a civil or religious marriage and lives with her spouse. Mark X in box 2;
- Marital Unions is the person who has been cohabiting with his spouse, or according to local custom. Mark X in box 3;
- Divorced or Separated is the person who was married or lived as husband and now it is in a dissolution of marriage (by the law or not). Mark X in box number 4. If the person had remarried, you should consider it as married or under the Marital Union, as appropriate.
- A widower is a person who was married and is no longer due to the death of a spouse. Mark X in box number 5. If that person had remarried after the death of a spouse , then you should declare it as married or under the Marital Union, as appropriate.

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Mozambique 2007 — source variable MZ2007A_MARST — Marital status
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[Question 6 through 36 were asked to the residents]

For people aged 12+ only.

32. What is [the person]'s marital status?

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Living together as married partners
[] 4 Divorced/Separated
[] 5 Widowed
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For people aged 12+ only

P32. What is (the person)'s marital status?

This Question intends to know the marital status of persons who are 12 or more years old. Read the Question and wait for a response. Mark an X in the box that corresponds to the respondent's answer, being aware that:

Single is a person of any sex who is not or has never been married, either by the civil registry, the church or even traditionally. Be aware that some people could say they were single when, in fact, they were divorced. To ensure the correct response, ask all persons who said they were single if they have ever lived a married life with someone. If the respondent answers they are single, mark an X in box number 1.
Married is a person who wedded civilly or religiously and lives with their spouse. Mark an X in box number 2.
Living together as married partners: is the status of a person who lives with their spouse but is not married by the civil religious registry. Mark an in box number 3.
Pay close attention to the following cases:
Persons married by the civil registry or church, but also live with other partners (in polygamous regime) should be included within this category.
Consider as "Living together as married partners" an individual who is officially married but is now separated (not a legal divorce) and is living with another partner.
Divorced/Separated is the person who was married and now is braking the marital bonds (either or nor by law). Mark an X in box number 4. If the person remarried you should consider them as Married or Living together as married partners, depending on the case.

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Nicaragua 1971 — source variable NI1971A_MARST — Marital status
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5. Marital status

Are you single, married, in a consensual union, widowed or divorced?

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Consensual union
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 9 Unknown

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Question #5: Marital status
a. How to ask the question:
Is the person unmarried, married, in a consensual union, widowed, or divorced?

The following definitions will help in the correct classification of each person according to their marital status or conjugal situation:

1) Single: The person who has never been married and who does not live in a consensual union.

2) Married: The person who has entered into a civil and/or religious marriage and who lives conjugally with their legal spouse.

3) Consensual union: A person who, without being legally or religiously married, lives in a conjugal union with another person of the opposite sex and has formed a family.

4) Widowed: A person, having been married or in a consensual union, whose spouse has passed away and who has not remarried and who does not live in a consensual union.

5) Divorced: A person whose marriage was legally dissolved and who has not remarried and who does not live in a consensual union. Included in this category are those in a de facto separation from a religious and/or civil marriage and who does not live in a consensual union.


[p. 50]

b. How to record the information:
The different categories are mutually exclusive; therefore, only one box is marked with an "X" in the box corresponding to the marital status or conjugal situation of the enumerated person. The box unmarried is marked for minors.

c. Examples:


[These instructions refer to a graph of question 5 on the census form]

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Nicaragua 1995 — source variable NI1995A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons age 10 or older
[Questions 12-18 were asked of persons age 10 or older]


Marital status
12. What is this person's current marital status?

[] 1 Under 12 years of age
[] 2 Cohabiting/partnered
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Single

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Questions only for persons who are age 10 or older
The goals of these questions are to know the current marital status of the persons and the principal economic characteristics of the population that participated in the production of goods and services, as well as those who are dedicated to non-economic activities, such as: household chores, studying, etc.

If the person is younger than 10, continue with the next person.


Question 12: Marital status
For marital status, the census includes the situation of each person in relation to the laws or customs related to marriage or cohabitating that exist in the country.

Mark with an "X" the marital status that the informant declares.

For those younger than 12: If the person, male or female, is younger than 12, do not ask the question about marital status and mark with an "X" the box that corresponds to category 1 ("Younger than 12").

2. Cohabiting/partnered:
This is every person who lives in a married state without having a contract of marriage. This union is also called free union or de facto union.

3. Married:
This is a person who has a contract of civil or religious marriage and lives with his/her spouse.

4. Separated:
This is a person who having separated from his/her spouse or companion has not remarried nor lives in cohabitation.

5. Divorced:
This is a person whose marriage has been legally dissolved and has not remarried nor lives in cohabitation.

6. Widow/widower
This is a person who was married or cohabitating and whose spouse or companion died and he/she has not remarried nor lives in cohabitation.

7. Single
This is a person who has never married or cohabitated.


Note: If a person was already married or cohabitating, for the purpose of the census, this person cannot be considered single; be careful with this question because many persons who have separated or widowed or divorced have the custom of considering themselves single.

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Nicaragua 2005 — source variable NI2005A_MARST — Marital status
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5. [The person] is currently:
[] 1 Under 12 years old
[] 2 Cohabiting/partnered
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Single

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Question 5. [The person] is currently:

Do not ask this question of people who are younger than 12; just mark off option 1, "Younger than 12".

Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.

Keep in mind that a single person is one who has never been married or cohabited.

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Panama 1960 — source variable PA1960A_MARST — Marital status
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5. Marital status:
Mark the appropriate box: Consensual union: lives in a marital union without being married. Single: has never been married and does not live in a marital union. Married: has contracted matrimony, whether living with the spouse or not. Widowed: has neither remarried nor lives in a marital union. Divorced: legally separated.

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Single
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced

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(Applicable to persons of all ages)
(Questions 1-10)


Question 5 Marital status:

Mark the corresponding box applying the following definitions:

In Union: A person who lives in marital union without being married, that is to say, is not legally married, by Law or by the Church.
Single: A person who has never been married nor lives in marital [consensual] union, that is to say, has no spouse or companion.


[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 5 of the census form.]

[p. 36]

Married: A person who is legally married whether or not the spouse lives with the person.
Widowed: A person who has not married again and is not consensually united.
Divorced: A person who is legally separated and is not consensually united.


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Panama 1970 — source variable PA1970A_MARST — Marital status
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5. What is your marital status?
(For those under 15 years of age, do not ask the question and mark the box "minor".) For those who state "single," before marking that box, ask if the person was ever married or in a consensual union. If the response is negative mark "single"; if affirmative mark the appropriate box under "separated."

Consensual union: one who lives in a marital union without being legally married. Single: one who has never married nor lived in a consensual union. Married: one who has legally married and lives in this state. Widowed: a person whose spouse or partner has died and who has not remarried nor lives in a consensual union. Divorced: a person who is legally separated and who has not remarried nor lives in a consensual union. Separated: one who lives separately from the spouse or partner.

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Single
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed

Separated:

[] 6 From a marriage
[] 7 From a consensual union

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Question 5 What is your marital status?

Do not ask this question to minors of less than 15 years and mark box 8 (minor). For those older than 15 [15 years and older is implied; census form states clearly those less than 15 are minors], mark the corresponding box applying the following definitions:

[The instructions refer to a graphic of question 5 of the census form.]

[Consensually] United: The person who lives in marital union without being married, that is to say, that the person has not been legally married by Law or the Church.
It should be kept in mind that many persons "consensually united" tend wrongly to declare that they are single.

[p. 32]

Single: The person who has never been married nor lived in marital union, that is to say, has no spouse or companion. Before marking this box, ask if the person has ever been married or consensually united since in many cases the person tends to declare themselves "Single" when actually "Separated" from a Marriage or a [Consensual] Union. In these cases mark the corresponding box (6 or 7).
Married: The person who has been legally married (civil or religious) and lives in this state.
Divorced: The person legally separated who has not married again and does not live in marital union.
Widowed: The person whose spouse or companion has died and has not married again and does not live in marital union
Separated from marriage: The person who lives separated from their spouse and does not live in marital union.
Separated from [Consensual] Union: The person who lives separated from their companion and does not live in marital union.

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Panama 1980 — source variable PA1980A_MARST — Marital status
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5. What is your current marital status?
Mark the appropriate box. For those under 15 years of age, mark box 8.

Consensual union: One who lives in a consensual union without being legally married. Single: One who has never married nor lived in a consensual union. Married: One who has contracted legal matrimony and lives in that state. Divorced: a person who is legally separated and who has neither remarried nor lives in a consensual union. Widow(er): a person whose spouse or partner has died and who has neither remarried nor lives in a consensual union. Separated: One who lives separately from a spouse or partner.

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Single
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Widowed
Separated:

[] 6 From a marriage
[] 7 From a consensual union

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Question 5 What is your current marital status?

For those under 15 years old, mark box 8. For those 15 years old and older, mark the box that corresponds, applying the following definitions:
[Consensually] United: The person who lives in marital union without being married, that is to say, that the person has not been legally married by Law or the Church.


[The instructions refer a graph in question 5 on the census form.]

It should be kept in mind that many persons "consensually united" tend wrongly to declare that they are single.
Single: The person who has never been married nor lived in marital union, that is to say, has no spouse or companion. Before marking this box, ask if the person has ever been married or consensually united since in many cases the person tends to declare themselves "Single" when actually is "Separated" from a Marriage or a [Consensual] Union. In these cases mark the corresponding box (6 or 7).


[p. 71]

Married: The person who has been legally married (civil or religious) and lives in this state.
Divorced: The person legally separated who has not married again and does not live in marital union.
Widowed: The person whose spouse or companion has died and has not married again and does not live in marital union.
Separated from Marriage: The person who lives separated from his/her spouse and does not live in marital union.
Separated from [Consensual] Union: The person who lives separated from their companion and does not live in marital union.


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Panama 1990 — source variable PA1990A_MARST1 — Marital status
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4. What is your current marital status?
[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Separated from a marriage
[] 3 Separated from a consensual union
[] 4 Married
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Single

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Question Number 4: What is your current marital status?
Read the alternatives and mark the corresponding circle agreeing with the response of the person.
Example: When enumerating a dwelling in Calidonia, Mr. Roberto says that he was married, but as he had problems he separated with his wife. He has been coexisting with Dalia for a year and now they have a son. The question will be marked as:

[Below the text is a picture of a filled out question.]

Keep in mind the following definitions:
[Consensually] United: is a person who lives in marital union without having been civilly or religiously married with their current companion. The person can be living in the same dwelling with the spouse or not.


[p. 53]

Separated from marriage: is a person who lives separated from their spouse and does not live in [consensual] marital union.
Married: is a person who has been married civilly and/or religiously and lives in this state.
Divorced: is a person legally separated who has not married again and does not live in [consensual] marital union.
Widowed: is a person whose spouse has died and has not married again and does not live in [consensual] marital union.
Single: is a person who never has married or lived in [consensual] marital union, that is to say who never has had a spouse [companion]. Some persons have the tendency to say that they are single because they have never been married, but nevertheless they have lived in [consensual] marital union. In such a case, consider them as separated from [consensual] union.

For those less than 15 years mark the corresponding box. If a person under 15 years declares to be one of the marital states enumerated above, classify her according to their response.

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Panama 2000 — source variable PA2000A_MARST — Marital status
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For all individuals in the household

[Questions 1 - 9 were asked of all individuals.]


4. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Consensual union?
[] 2 Separated from a marriage?
[] 3 Separated from a consensual union?
[] 4 Married?
[] 5 Divorced?
[] 6 Widowed?
[] 7 Single?
[] 8 Under 15 years of age?

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Question No. 4: What is you current marital status?

Read slowly the alternatives and mark the corresponding circle agreeing with the response of the person. There should only be one option marked.
Consider the following definitions:

[p. 69]

[Consensually] United: a person who lives in marital union without having been civilly or religiously married with their current companion. The person can be living in the same dwelling with the spouse or not.

Separated from marriage: a person who lives separated from their spouse and does not live in [consensual] marital union.

Separated from [consensual] union: a person who lives separated from their companion and does not live in [consensual] marital union.

Married: a person who has been married civilly and/or religiously and lives in this state.

Divorced: a person legally separated who has not married again and does not live in [consensual] marital union.

Widowed: is a person whose spouse has died and has not married again and does not live in [consensual] marital union.

Single: is a person who never has married or lived in [consensual] marital union, that is to say who never has had a spouse [companion].

Under fifteen years: a person whose age is less then 15 years.

If one under 15 years declares to be in any of the marital states, accept their response.
Some persons have the tendency to say that they are single because they have never been married, but nevertheless they have lived in [consensual] marital union. In such a case, consider them as separated from [consensual] union.

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Panama 2010 — source variable PA2010A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions 1 - 9 were asked of all individuals.]


5. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Married, but separated
[] 3 Consensual union, but separated
[] 4 Married
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Single
[] 8 Under the age of 15 years old?

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[For persons of all ages]
[Questions 1 to 12a]


Question No. 5: What is your current marital status?
Read slowly the alternatives and mark the corresponding circle agreeing with the response of the person. There should only be one option marked.
Current marital status: The status of each person in relation to the laws and relative customs [traditions] that exist in the country.
Consider the following definitions:

[Consensually] United: is a person who lives in marital union without having been civilly or religiously married with their current companion. The person could be living in the same dwelling with the spouse or not.
Separated from marriage: is a person who lives separated from their spouse and does not live in [consensual] marital union.
Separated from [consensual] union: is a person who lives separated from their companion and does not live in [consensual] marital union.
Married: is a person who has been married civilly and/or religiously and lives in this state.
Divorced: a person legally separated who has not married again and does not live in [consensual] marital union.

[p. 124]
Widowed: is a person whose spouse has died and has not married again and does not live in [consensual] marital union.
Single: is a person who has never married or lived in [consensual] marital union, that is to say, who never has had a spouse [companion].
Less than fifteen years old: This includes all children less than 15 years old; if a child claims to be in any of the other marital statuses, accept her answer.

Some people tend to say that they are single because they have never been married, although they have lived in [consensual] marital union. In this case, consider them as separated from [consensual] union.
[There is a sample image of the form below the text.]
Example: Mr. Guillermo says that he was married and he is now separated as he had problems with his wife, but he is not divorced; however, he thinks he is single.
[There is a sample image of the form below the text.]

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Paraguay 1962 — source variable PY1962A_MARST — Marital status
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General characteristics

For individuals of all ages


5. Marital status:

Mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Single

Married:

[] 2 Civil and religious ceremony
[] 3 Civil ceremony only

[] 4 Consensual union
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced

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Item V: Marriage status

134 - Annotate the case in the corresponding box, in accordance with the following definitions:
Single: Has never been married and does not live in a consensual union.
Married: Has entered marital bonds, maintains that state, and does not live in a consensual union.
Consensual union: Live in a marital union without having married.
Widow: Having been married, survives the other spouse and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.
Divorcee: Has terminated their marital bond with their spouse by judicial decree and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.


[pg. 20]

135 - In the cases in which the first and last name of a woman (Item 1) who declares themselves as married, does not include the last name of the husband, the enumerator should make sure if the marital state given is the true one, basing themselves on the other information obtained.

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Paraguay 1972 — source variable PY1972A_MARST — Marital status
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IV. Population information


7. What is your current marital status?

Only for those 12 years of age and older:

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated or divorced
[] 5 Single

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IV. Information about the Population


7. Marital status
This question should be asked only of persons who are 12 years old and more, and in the order indicated on the form, until you obtain an affirmative answer.

Ask first: are you "married or in a union" and mark the corresponding box.
* Married: when the person has entered in a civil or religious marriage and currently lives in this status. We are not interested if one of the spouses if temporarily absent for reasons of work, study, or others, as long as it is not because of definitive separation.

* Union: when the person lives in a free or de facto union without being married by civil or religious manner. Be aware that many of those who live in this condition try to hide it, the men declare that they are simply single and women married. Try to obtain the true information.

* Widow: when the person who had contracted civil or religious marriage, has lost the spouse and has not remarried nor lived in a consensual union.

* Single: when the person has not married nor currently lives in a consensual union.

7. What is your marital status?

Only for persons twelve years old and more.

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Union
[] 3 Widow
[] 4 Separated or divorced
[] 5 Single

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Paraguay 1982 — source variable PY1982A_MARST — Marital status
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11. What is your current marital status?
Only for those 12 years of age and older

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated or divorced
[] 5 Single

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Question 11. What is your current marital status?

Do not forget that this question is only for persons age 12 and above.

Read each of the options and then make an X in the corresponding box.

[A depiction of question 11 to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]

Remember that:

Married: A person who has entered into a civil and/or religious marriage bond, and currently lives in that bond.
United: A person who lives with their spouse without having entered a civil and/or religious marriage bond.
Widow: A person who, after the death of their spouse, has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.
Separated or divorced: A person who is legally separated from their spouse and who has neither remarried nor lives in a de facto union.
Single: A person who has never been married, nor lives in a de facto or free union. [Free union refers to category "united"].

[A drawing representing marital status is omitted here.]

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Paraguay 1992 — source variable PY1992A_MARST — Marital status
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Section IV. Population information

For individuals 10 years of age and older.


13. What is your current marital status?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single

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Question 13: What is your marital status?

There are six options: married, in a consensual union, widowed, divorced, and single.
Mark only one answer.

[page] 29

If the person is single, but has his/her companion, for both of them, write "union".

If the person declared to be married but is in a consensual union with another person, you should also mark "union".

13. What is your marital status?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[x] 6 Single

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Paraguay 2002 — source variable PY2002A_MARST — Marital status
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Chapter G.

For individuals 10 years of age and older

18. What is your current marital or civil status?

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single
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G. Population information
For persons 10 years of age and older

Question 18: What is your current civil or marriage status?

Single: this is a person who has never been married by a religious or civil ceremony, and is not joined [in a consensual union] with another person.

The civil status of the head of household, male or female, and his/her spouse, must necessarily be the same.


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Peru 1993 — source variable PE1993A_MARST — Marital status
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For those 12 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 18 -19]


18. Your marital status is:

Circle the appropriate number:

[] 1 Cohabiting
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Single

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For people 12 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 18 -19]


Question No. 18: Your marital status is:
Read the question and each one of the options. Then, circle the corresponding number.
[There is a picture of question 18 in this section of the Enumeration Form.]
Remember that:

Partner in a consensual union: Is a person who lives as if married without having had a civil or religious wedding ceremony.
Married: Is a person who has had a civil and/or religious wedding ceremony and lives with their spouse.
Widowed from marriage or consensual union: Is a person who, after the death of their spouse or partner in a consensual union, has not remarried, nor lives in a de facto or consensual union.
Divorced: Is a person who has ended the marital bond through a legal decision and who has not remarried, nor lives in a de facto or consensual union.
Separated from a marriage or consensual union: Is a person who is separated from their spouse or partner in a consensual union and doesn't live in a de facto or consensual union.
Single: Is a person who has never been married nor lived or lives in a de facto or consensual union.


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Peru 2007 — source variable PE2007A_MARST — Civil or marital status
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For people aged twelve or older
[Applies to questions 20-21]


21. What is your current civil or marital status? (Circle only one number)

[] 1 Cohabiting
[] 2 Separated
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single

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For persons aged 12 and older
[Applies to questions 20-21]


Question 21: What is your current civil or marital status?
Take into account the civil or marital status of the respondent on Census Day.
If the respondent and his/her partner claim a different civil status, politely ask again in order to determine the correct civil status.
Example: If the respondent states that he/she divorced a long time ago and is currently cohabiting, then circle option 1, "Cohabiting."
[p. 59]
Cohabiting (de facto union). This is a person who lives with his/her partner without having married him/her in either a civil or religious ceremony.
Separated (from a marriage or co-habiting arrangement). This is a person who is separated from his/her partner and is not cohabiting or in a de facto relationship.
Married. This is a person who married in a civil and/or religious ceremony and is living with his/her partner.
Widowed (from marriage or cohabitation). This is a person who has not remarried after the death of his/her spouse, nor has this person entered into a de facto union or cohabitation.
Divorced. This is a person whose marriage bonds have been broken by a legal decree and who has not remarried and is not living in a de facto union or cohabiting.
Single. This is a person who has never married or lived in a de facto union or cohabitation.


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Peru 2017 — source variable PE2017A_MARST — Marital status
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Section V. Characteristics of the population (continued)

24. Currently, what is your marital status?

(Fill in one oval only)

[] 1 Cohabitant
[] 2 Separated
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single
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For persons of 12 years of age and older
[Questions 24 to 26 are asked of persons age 12 or older]

Question 24: Currently, what is your marital status

Consider the marital or spousal status of the respondent on Census day.

If he/she declare a different marital status than his/her partner, politely ask again so that you can correctly determine his/her marital status.

[p. 71]

Example: If the respondent answers that he/she was divorced some time ago and is currently in
cohabitation; then fill in option 1, "cohabitant".

Cohabitant: A person who lives with his/her partner without having entered a civil or religious marriage.

Separated: A person who is separated from his/her spouse and is not living in a domestic partnership or cohabitation.

Married: A person who has entered a civil and/or religious marriage and lives with his/her spouse.

Widowed: A person who, after the death of his/her spouse, has not remarried and is not living in a domestic partnership or cohabitation.

Divorced: A person who ended his/her marital relationship by court sentence and has not married again nor is living in a domestic partnership or cohabitation.

Single: A person who has never been married, never lived, and does not live in a domestic partnership or cohabitation.


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Philippines 1990 — source variable PH1990A_MARST — Marital status
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P7. Marital Status

What is [respondent] 's marital status?

___ Enter code
1 Single
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Divorced/Separated
5 Others
6 Unknown


For persons below 10 years old enter "1"'.
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P7 Marital status

Marital status refers to the personal status of each individual in reference to the marriage laws or customs of the country. It is the same as "civil status", the term usually used in official and private records, documents, transactions, etc., in the country.

For persons 10 years old and over ask: "What is 's marital status?" For persons below 10 years old, enter 1 (Single) without asking the question.

Encircle the code for the person's marital status as reported by the respondent. Avoid antagonizing the respondent. Do not refute the reported marital status of any person. Disregard your personal knowledge about the person or your knowledge of any official record.

Determine the appropriate code for the person's marital status as defined below;

1 Single - for a person who has never been married.

2 Married - for a person married in a religious or civil ceremony, either living together with spouse at the time of the visit, or temporarily living apart because his spouse is employed elsewhere or is in the Armed Forces, etc.

3 Widowed for a married person whose spouse died and who has not remarried up to the time of visit.

4 Separated/Divorced - for a person who is permanently separated from his spouse, legally or through mutual consent. Also for a person whose marriage with another has been annulled or dissolved and can therefore remarry.

5 Others - for persons or couple living consensually together (by mere consent) as husband and wife without the benefit of a legal marriage.

6 Unknown - for a person whose marital status is not known to the respondent, or whose marital
status is being concealed by the respondent.


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Philippines 1995 — source variable PH1995A_MARST — Marital status
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All Persons
[Applies to questions P1-P10]


P7. What is [respondent]'s civil status?
Enter code. (See codes sheet)

[] 1. Single
[] 2. Legally Married
[] 3. Widowed
[] 4. Separated/Divorced
[] 5. Common-Law/Live-in
[] 6. Unknown

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Civil Status (P7)

Civil status refers to the personal status of each individual in reference to the marriage laws or customs of the country. In the POPCEN, the person's civil status shall be as of the date of visit.

For persons below 10 years old, enter "1" (Single) without asking the question. For persons 10 years old and over ask: "What is ____________'s civil status?" Record the appropriate numerical code for the person's civil status reported by the respondent as defined below. These codes are also reproduced in the Codes Sheet.

1 Single a person who has never been married

2 Legally married a person married in a civil or religious
ceremony, either living together with spouse at the time of the POPCEN visit or temporarily living apart because the spouse is employed elsewhere or is in the armed forces, etc.


3 Widowed a married person whose spouse has died and
who has not remarried up to the time of the POPCEN visit


4 Separated/divorced a person who is permanently
separated from his/her spouse, legally or by mutual consent, or whose marriage has been annulled or dissolved and can remarry


5 Common-law/Live-in person cohabiting or living consensually
with another as husband and wife without the benefit of a legal marriage


6 Unknown person whose civil status is unknown
to the respondent


[p. 92]

A Word of Caution: Some respondents may find this question too personal or a sensitive issue. Avoid antagonizing the respondent. Do not refute the reported civil status of any person. Disregard any knowledge you may have about the person and record only whatever is reported by the respondent.

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Philippines 2000 — source variable PH2000A_MARST — Marital status
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P9. What is [respondent]'s marital status?
(Please cross out one of the selections)
(For persons below 10 years old, cross out single)

[] Single
[] Legally Married
[] Widowed
[] Divorced/Separated
[] Common Law/Live-in
[] Unknown

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P9 Marital status

Marital status refers to the personal status of each individual in reference to the marriage laws or customs of the country. It is the same as "civil status", the term usually used in official and private records, documents, transactions, etc., in the country. In Census 2000, the person's marital status shall be as of the date of visit.
For persons below 10 years old, draw an "x" mark on the circle before Single without asking the question. For persons 10 years old and over ask:

"What is ______'s marital status?" Cross out the circle before the appropriate marital status reported by the respondent as defined in the next page.

1. Single
A person who has never been married.

2. Legally Married
A person married in a religious or civil ceremony, either living together with spouse at the time of visit, or temporarily living apart because his spouse is employed elsewhere or is in the Armed Forces, etc.

3. Widowed
A married person whose spouse died and who has not remarried up to the time of visit.

4. Divorced/Separated
A person who is permanently separated from his spouse, legally or through mutual consent. Also for a person whose marriage with another has been annulled or dissolved and can therefore remarry.

5. Common-law/
Live in person cohabiting or living consensually with another as husband and wife without the benefit of a legal marriage.

6. Unknown
Person whose marital status is not known to the respondent, or whose marital status is being concealed by the respondent.


A Word of Caution: Some respondents may find this question too personal or a sensitive issue. Avoid antagonizing the respondent. Do not refute the reported marital status of any person. Disregard any knowledge you may have about the person and record only whatever is reported by the respondent.

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Philippines 2010 — source variable PH2010A_MARST — Marital status
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Population Census Questions

For all persons.
[Question 2 through 12 were asked of all persons.]

P7. Marital Status -Is [the respondent] single, married, widowed, divorced/separated, or in a common-law/live-in arrangement?

Write X in the box corresponding to answer. For persons 0 to 9 years old, write an X mark in the box for single.

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced / separated
[] 5 Common-law / Live-in
[] 6 Unknown
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Columns P1 to P12 for All persons
Columns P1 to P12 are to be accomplished for all household members regardless of age.

P7-Marital Status
Marital status refers to the personal status of each individual with reference to the marriage laws or customs of the country. It is the same as "civil status", the term usually used in official and private records, documents, transactions, and others, in the country. For the 2010 CPH, the person's marital status shall be as of the date of visit.
For persons below 10 years old, mark the box opposite "1" for Single without asking the question. For persons 10 years old and over ask: "Is single, married, widowed, divorced/separated, or in a common-law/live-in arrangement?"
Below are the definitions of the categories for marital status:

[] 1 Single: A person who has never been married.
[] 2 Married: A person married in a religious or civil ceremony, either living together with spouse at the time of visit, or temporarily living apart because his/her spouse is employed elsewhere or is in the Armed Forces.
[] 3 Widowed: A married person whose spouse died and who has not married up to the time of visit.
[] 4 Divorced/Separated: A person who is permanently separated from his/her spouse, legally, or through mutual consent. This is also applicable for a person whose marriage with another person has been annulled or dissolved and can, therefore, remarry.
[] 5 Common-law/ Live-in: A person cohabiting or living 0onsensually with another person as husband and wife without the benefit of a legal marriage.
[] 6 Unknown: A person whose marital status is unknown to the respondent, or whose marital status is being concealed by the respondent/person himself/herself to the other members of the household.

Important Notice: Some respondents may find this question too personal or a sensitive issue. Avoid antagonizing the respondent. Do not refute the reported marital status of any person. Disregard any knowledge you may have about the person and record only whatever is reported by the respondent.


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Poland 2002 — source variable PL2002A_MARST2 — De facto marital status
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8. What is your legal marital status? (Persons age 15 and up)
Concern persons born in 1987 and earlier. If the answer is: 2 or 3 or 6 go to question 9; 1 or 4 or 5 go to question 10

[] 1 Single (never married), go to question 10
[] 2 Legally married (and living together), go to question 9
[] 3 Legally married (living separately), go to question 9
[] 4 Widower - widow, go to question 10
[] 5 Divorced, go to question 10
[] 6 Legally separated (de jure status), go to question 9
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Question 8. What is your legal marital status? [p. 32]

1. The legal marital status should be taken into account. For every person born in 1987 or earlier an answer should be chosen.

2. Special attention should be given to separation. Answer 3 concerns married persons who split up but are not legally separated, answer 6 concerns persons who are legally separated on the basis of the decision of the court.

3. For persons being in an informal relationship the legal marital status should be written in. In case of such persons answer 2 should not be chosen.

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Poland 2011 — source variable PL2011A_MARST1 — De facto marital status
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1. Module -- Socio-demographic characteristics

21. What is your marital status?

(Concerns people aged 15 years or more)
[] 1. Single
[] 2. Married (in actual status of marriage)
[] 3. Married (in separation adjudicated by court)
[] 4. Married (not in the actual status of marriage but without separation adjudicated by court)
[] 5. Widower/widow
[] 6. Divorced
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Module 1 -- Socio-demographic characteristics (questions 1-23)

Questions 1-8
[p.15]

Question 21. What is your marital status? (concerns people aged 15 years or more)
[p.19]

Only one answer must be indicated in the case of this question.

"1. single" -- should be indicated for individuals, who were not in a relationship while performing the census,
"2. married (in actual status of marriage)" -- should be indicated for individuals, who have been married and is still living with the partner;
"3. married (in separation adjudicated by court)" -- should be indicated for individuals, who are in separation due to decision of a proper court,
"4. married (not in the actual status of marriage but without separation adjudicated by court)" -- should be indicated for individuals, who have been married but do not live together with the partner and there is no separation adjudicated by court,
"5. widower - widow" -- should be indicated for individuals, who are not in a relationship due to death of the partner,
"6. divorced" -- should be indicated for individuals, who have been divorced by means of decision of a proper court.

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Portugal 1991 — source variable PT1991A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions 4-28 were asked only of residents present at the time of the census.]


5. Marital status

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married: with register
[] 3 Married: without register
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Divorced

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Note: For individuals that reside elsewhere different from where they are staying at 0:00 o'clock of April 15, 1991, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.
[Applies to questions 4-28]

Question 11: Did you complete the education level indicated in the previous question?

"Yes" or "No" answer.


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Portugal 2001 — source variable PT2001A_MARST — Marital status
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[Questions 3.1-21 were asked of persons who consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to question 3]


5. Marital Status:

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married: with register
[] 3 Married: without register
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Divorced


Question 5 - Marital status

The actual situation should always be indicated, independently of whether it coincides with the legal situation.

For example: If you are divorced but at the census moment you are living with another person without legal marriage, you should tick "Married without register".

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Question 5 - Marital status

We must collect the real situation the individual is in ("de facto" situation), even if is not the same as the legal situation.


[p.83]

Options available in this question:

Single
Married : with register
Married: without register - Status where a person, independently of their legal status, is living with a person of the opposite sex in a situation similar to the marriage but without the legal arrangements.
Widowed
Separated - Every person that after marrying or living together with other person had left the spouse even if the separation has no legal recognition.
Divorced - Every person that had a legal dissolution of a marriage.


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Puerto Rico 1970 — source variable PR1970A_CONMARST — Consensual marriage
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7. Marital status
Is this person now:

[] Married
[] Consensually married
[] Widowed
[] Divorced
[] Separated
[] Never married


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Puerto Rico 1970 — source variable PR1970A_MARST — Marital status
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7. Marital status
Is this person now:

[] Married
[] Consensually married
[] Widowed
[] Divorced
[] Separated
[] Never married


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Puerto Rico 1980 — source variable PR1980A_CONMARST — Consensual marriage

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Puerto Rico 1990 — source variable PR1990A_CONMARST — Consensual marriage
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5. Marital status

Mark (X) one box.

[] 1 Now married
[] 2 Consensually married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Never married


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Romania 2002 — source variable RO2002A_MARSTDEF — De facto marital status, living in consensual union
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11. Marital status
11.1 Legal marital status:
[] 1 Single (unmarried)
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Widowed

11.2 De facto marital status: Is this person living in a consensual union?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

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Marital status (item 11)

58. The legal marital status will be recorded (to the item 11.1) for all persons regardless of sex and age.

The way of recording:

-- the mark x will be written on the code box 1 (single -- unmarried -- this is meaning: never married) for all persons who never were married (the children below 14 years of age are included in this code);
-- the mark x will be recorded to the code 2 (legally married) - for all the formally/ legally married persons. The lower limit for marriage is 16 years for the females and 18 years for males. Exception: the female persons under 16 years and males persons under 18 years, legally married, on the basis of marriage exemption license, or the persons married abroad.
-- the mark x will be recorded to the code 3 (divorced) -- for all the persons divorced and not remarried;
-- the mark x will be recorded to the code 4 (widowed) -- for all the persons, whose wife or husband have died and are not remarried;

To the item 11.2 will be recorded if the person is living in consensual union, it means that living, cohabiting together with her or him, without any legal forms, having a common residence with her or with him, regardless of the legal marital status.


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Romania 2011 — source variable RO2011A_CONSENS — Consensual union
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5. Legal marital status

[] 1 Single (go directly to question 7)
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widow(er)
[] 4 Divorced
Questions 7 and 8 do not apply to persons residing in collective living spaces (for whom the G form was not completed)

7. De facto marital status.

Does the person live in a consensual union?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (go directly to question 9 for females and to question 10 for males)

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Russia 2002 — source variable RU2002A_MARST — Marital status
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4. Your marital status
[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married
Was the marriage registered with the registry office? ____
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Widow or widower

If the spouse lives in the same household, indicate the census No. from form P, list A, column 1, under which the spouse is listed

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Question 4. Your marital status
People who are 16 years or older should be identified by the mark corresponding to one of four suggested prompts.
The "Married" option is marked for those who are married at the present moment regardless of the official registration of the marriage at the registry office.
After you have marked the "Married ' option, ask the respondent whether the marriage was registered at the registry office. Depending on the answer, mark the appropriate prompt - "yes" or "no".
For those persons who were identified as married, in a special field indicate the number of the spouse assigned to him/her in column 1, List A, Form S (he/she was recorded under the same number in Forms K or D).
If the spouse is not registered in the given household, no number should be indicated.
The "Was never married" option is for those who were never married, either in registered or unregistered (consensual union) marriage
The "Divorced" prompt should be marked for those who were formerly married, but at the present moment are not; regardless of whether the divorce was registered or not at the registry office, or those who were formerly living in consensual union, but at the present moment are separated.
[p. 46]
The "Widower, widow" option is for those who were formerly married (regardless of the official registration of the marriage), and the marriage ceased to exist because of the death of the spouse, and the person did not marry again.
As a rule, this item is not completed for respondents younger than 16 years. Only if a respondent younger than 16 years is really married, you should mark the proper option.

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Russia 2010 — source variable RU2010A_MARST — Marital status
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For persons aged 16 and over and for married persons under the age of 16.

5. Marital status

Mark one of the variants that corresponds to the marital status as of October 14, 2010.
[] I am married
Has your marriage been registered?
[] Yes
[] No
No. of the spouse ____
[] Officially divorced (the divorce is officially registered)
[] Separated
[] Widowed
[] Never married
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Question 5. Your marital status.
Individuals aged 16 years and more and married individuals under 16 put a mark that corresponds to any of the given prompts.
"Married" will be marked by the one who is married at the present time regardless whether his/her marriage is registered with the registry office or not.
After mark "Married" is indicated, census taker shall ask a sub-question "Is your marriage registered?" and depending on the answer put a mark that corresponds to a prompt "yes" or "no".
If a respondent's spouse lives together with her (him) within the same household, an index number shall be put in a special zone, under which a spouse is written in column B of Table 1 of Form S. If a spouse is not enumerated within the same household then no index number is put.
[Omitted example image of form.]
"Officially divorced (divorce is registered)" will be marked by the one who was once married and is not married any more, and the divorce is registered with the registry office.
"Separated" will be marked by the one who was once in unregistered marriage, and now is separated, and also by the one who is in registered marriage and separated, but divorce is not registered with the registry office.
"Widower, widow" will be marked by the one who was once married (regardless of whether it was registered or not), then this marriage ceased because of the death of a spouse and the person has not yet entered a new marriage.
"Never married" will be marked by the one who has never been married (registered - actual or not registered).

[pg.34]

When filling in of census papers it is necessary in case of obvious non-compliant answers to the question 5 to specify some information from the respondents. For example, Popova A.A. lives in a premise where the survey is conducted (No. in column B - 1), her daughter Popova G.V. (No. in column B - 2) and Suvorov K.B. - non-relative (No. in column B - 3). Popova A.A. who answered questions on behalf of her daughter told that her daughter was divorced, and Suvorov K.B. answered that he was in unregistered marriage and indicated the index number of a spouse, under which Popova G.V. is registered. In this situation it shall be specified whether Popova G.V. and Suvorov K.B. are in registered marriage and make relevant amendments to the questions 1 and 5.


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Rwanda 1991 — source variable RW1991A_MARST — Marital status
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P25. Marital status
For individuals aged 12 years and older.

What is the marital status of [the respondent]?
Circle the number matching the letters corresponding to the answer given, following the abbreviations provided at the bottom of the page.
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married, legally
[] 3 Married, customary
[] 4 Free union
[] 5 Polygamous, two wives
[] 6 Polygamous, three wives or more
[] 7 Widowed
[] 8 Divorced / Separated


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Rwanda 2002 — source variable RW2002A_MARST — Marital status
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D. Population aged 12 years or more
[Questions P26-P30.]


P26. Marital status

What is the marital status of _____?

Circle the code corresponding to one of the abbreviations provided at the bottom of the page, according to the declaration of the interviewee.

1. CEL = Single
2. UL = Free union
3. MM = Married, monogamy
4. HP = Married man, polygamy
5. MP1 = Married woman, first wife in a polygamous marriage
6. MP2 = Married woman, second wife in a polygamous marriage
7. MP3 = Married woman, wife in a polygamous marriage of rank 3 or more
8. D/S = Divorced or Separated
9. VE = Widowed

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D. Questionnaire designed for persons 12 years old or more


Questionnaire for all (P26)

These questions will be asked to persons who are of age 12 years and above, of either male or female sex.
[Questions P26-P30.]


P26: Marital status

One would like to know whether the enumerated person is married or single, that is his/her marital status. This concerns (only) persons aged 12 years or more.

For the persons who have not yet reached that age, one will not write anything in P26.

In this latter column, one will circle the number corresponding to the private situation of each person.

CEL: Single, or persons of either male or female sex who have never been married; unwed mothers who have children in the household but have never contracted a marriage are also considered as single.

UL: Young women or young men who live together on common law agreement. In this case husband and wife live together illegally.

MM: Man or woman living together in a monogamous union, and who are legally married.

HP: Man with several wives.

[p.49]

MP1: First wife of a polygamous husband.

MP2: Second wife of a polygamous husband.

MP3+: Third, fourth, and so forth wife of a polygamous husband.

D/S: A person who is definitely divorced from her spouse, by law, or a person who is temporarily separated while waiting for a legal decision.

VE: Man or women who has lost his/her spouse, and has not yet remarried.

Remark:
For any married man, it is useful to know the number of wives living with him, not taking into account the legal situation of the unions.

Divorce- final: This concerns a man or a woman who has divorced from his/her spouse by complying to a legal authority.
Divorce- temporary: This concerns a man or a woman who is temporarily divorced (is separated) while waiting for a legal decision on the final situation of their divorce.


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Saint Lucia 1991 — source variable LC1991A_PARTNER — Living with a partner now
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Section 6. Marital status, union status and fertility
For persons 15 years and over
[Questions 6.1 through 6.14 were asked of persons 15 and older.]


6.3 Are you/is he/she living with a partner now?

[Question 6.3 was asked of persons 15 and older who were either not married or not living with their spouse, per questions 6.1 and 6.2]

[] Yes -- Skip to 6.6
[] No


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Senegal 2013 — source variable SN2013A_MARST — Marital status
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B. Individual characteristics

Population aged 10 years or older
[Question B41 and B42 were asked of persons aged 10 years or older.]

B41. Marital Status

Determine the marital status of the Respondent and enter the code corresponding to the answer (see instructions at the bottom of the page).
[] 00- Monogamous
[] 01- Polygamous / 1st spouse
[] 02- Polygamous / 2nd spouse / 2 spouses
[] 03- Polygamous / 2rd spouse / 3 spouses
[] 04- Polygamous / 4th spouse / 4 spouses
[] 05- Polygamous / 5th spouse / 5 spouses
[] 06- Unmarried
[] 07- Widow / widower
[] 08- Divorced
[] 09- Cohabitation
[] 10- Separated
[If B41 is code 06 through 10, go to B43]
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4.2. Part B: individual characteristics

B41: marital status
Only persons aged 10 years and older are concerned by this question.

- Record code ''0'' for married men and women in monogamous union (only one wife for men and no co-spouses for women).
- Record code ''1'' for women in polygamous union and who rank first (1st wife);
- Record code ''2'' for men who have 2 wives and for women who are the 2nd wife;
- Record code ''3'' for men who have 3 wives and for women who are the 3rd wife;
- Record code ''4'' for men who have 4 wives and for women who are the 4th wife;
- Record code ''5'' for men who have 5 or more wives and for women who are the fifth or more wives;
- Record code ''6'' for single men or women (who have never been married);
- Record code ''7'' for widows;
- Record code ''8'' for divorced men or women.
[p. 49]
NB: Some divorced or widowed individuals will tend to claim to be single. For this reason, you need to make sure that the person who claims to be single has never been married in his or her life.

- Record code ''9'' for men or women who live in cohabitation or common law.
- Record 10 for couples who live apart while being in the bonds of marriage.
NB: On the PDA, you will choose the answer on a drop-down list.
NB: Marriage is a deed contracted at the town hall or following traditional Senegalese religion and customs.
A man who had two wives and one of them has died is monogamously married. So record 00.
If the response is equal to 06, 07, 08, 09, or 10, go to B43.

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Sierra Leone 2015 — source variable SL2015A_MARST — Marital status
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[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]

10 years and above [Questions P25-P33]

P27. Marital status

What is the marital status of [the respondent]?

[] 01 Never married
[] 02 Engaged
[] 03 Married monogamous
[] 04 Married polygamous
[] 05 Co-habitation (less than 5 years)
[] 06 Co-habitation (equal to more than 5 years)
[] 07 Separated
[] 08 Divorced
[] 09 Widowed
[] 10 Don't know
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Section 2: Population characteristics

Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.

P27 -- Marital status (for persons 10 years and over)
148. This is a very sensitive issue and you must avoid going into arguments with respondents. Ask what is (name's) current marital status? The options for an answer are provided in the code list. If never married write '01', if engaged write '02', if married monogamous write '03', if married polygamous write '04' etc.


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South Africa 1996 — source variable ZA1996A_MARST — Marital status
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Section A:

To be completed for each person in the household in a separate column. Remember to include babies. Please include yourself.


4. What is (the person's) present marital status? (Circle the applicable code)

[] 1 = Never married
[] 2 = Married: Civil/religious
[] 3 = Married: Traditional/customary
[] 4 = Living together (with partner)
[] 5 = Widower/widow
[] 6 = Divorced/separated


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South Africa 2001 — source variable ZA2001A_MARST — Marital status
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Section A: Information for persons in the household -- ask of everyone
[Section A of this form, each question has 10 answer rows for writing individual answers for up to 10 individuals in the household. Only the first is shown here, which is exactly the same as the other nine.]


P-05. Marital status

_ What is (the person's) present marital status? Write only one code per person in the box. If both civil/religious and traditional marriage, indicate civil/religious.
1 = Married civil/religious
2 = Married traditional/customary
3 = Polygamous marriage
4 = Living together like married partners
5 = Never married
6 = Widower/widow
7 = Separated
8 = Divorced
If categories 5-8 go to (P-06).

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Question P-05 -- Marital status

"What is (the person's) PRESENT marital status?"

Only one code should be given. We are interested in the marital status on the census night.

If, for example, a widow remarried before the census night she is classified as married not widowed, but if she married after the census night she is classified as widowed. If however she was widowed, remarried and is now separated from her second husband, she is separated.

The number of times a person has been married is not captured.

Read out all the categories from the questionnaire.

The given classifications on marital status are sufficient, but sometimes you will have to probe. When a person is married you must ask how he or she is married (codes 1-3).

If a person married under both traditional/customary and civil law, civil takes precedence.

A man with more than one wife should indicate "polygamous" rather than civil or customary marriage. The wives indicate category 1 or 2, as they cannot have two husbands. More guidelines about how to treat polygamous households appear in Appendix 5.

[P. 38]

Couples who are not married to each other but live together as if they are married, belong to category 4. This category is for people who live in every respect as a married couple except that they have not undergone a marriage ceremony. Only male/female couples should indicate this category -- the census does not collect data on gay couples.

For children write 5 -- "Never married". If a person says "single" they must choose from categories 4-8.

Now we get our first "skip". People who are not married or living together as married, i.e. all those who fall under categories 5-8, do not need to answer the next question, which is P-05a, so they skip Question P-05a and go to P-06.


Rules for marital status in relation to polygamy:

A. Women cannot have multiple husbands, and women can never have marital status 3 (polygamous).

B. In a polygamous marriage, the man declares his marital status as 3 (polygamous): each of his wives declares her marital status as either 1 (civil/religious marriage) or 2 (traditional/customary marriage). Note that wives in polygamous marriages cannot have marital status 4 (living together).

C. In a non-polygamous marriage, each partner can have marital status of 1 (civil/religious marriage) or 2 (traditional/customary marriage) or 4 (living together).

D. If a man has multiple wives, his marital status must be 3 (polygamous).

E. Each of a polygamous man's wives should make her spouse number person point to the man, and the man's spouse person number should point to the first of his wives.

F. It is possible to have a polygamous man with no spouses or with a single spouse in the household.

In the situation where there is a compound ("kraal") consisting of several huts, each of which has its own separate cooking and eating areas, the people in each of these huts would be enumerated as separate households.

For example, a man lives in his compound with his 3 wives and his son 's family (total of 4 huts). There would be 4 households here to enumerate, and 4 questionnaires filled out. The hut where the husband stayed on census night would have a head (him, marital status 3) and a spouse (the wife from that hut, marital status 1 or 2), and spouse person numbers pointing to each other; each of the other 2 wives' huts would just have a head (the wife, marital status 1 or 2) with spouse person number = 99 (spouse not present in the household), and other occupants (children, etc). The son 's family would also be its own household.

None of these questionnaires should be linked (via barcode on the last page), since they are all separate households. Questionnaires linking /continuation only occurs when a single household has more than 10 people (or 20, or 30, etc.).

When a man lives with his wives in the same household and they share the same cooking/eating facilities, then they would all be enumerated as one household, with one questionnaire. The man would have marital status 3; his spouse person number would point to the first wife. Each wife would have marital status 1 or 2, and her spouse person number would point to the man.

This caters for polygamy while still adhering to the definition of a household, which is not based on financial support.


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South Africa 2007 — source variable ZA2007A_MARST — Marital status
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P-08 Marital status
What is (the person)'s present marital status?
Write only one code per person.
If both civil/religious and traditional indicate civil/religious.
[] 1 Married civil/religious
[] 2 Married traditional/customary
[] 3 Polygamous marriage
[] 4 Living together as married partners
[] 5 Never married
[] 6 Widower/widow
[] 7 Separated
[] 8 Divorced
If 5 to 8, Go to P-10
_

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(P-08) Marital status: What is (the person's) present marital status?
Read out the options to the respondent.

Mark only the present marital status. We do not need a person's marital history.

Any couple living together as married persons without a civil/religious or traditional/ customary marriage should be coded as 'living together (like married partners)' (code 4).

Mark code 5 (never married) for unmarried children in the household, and not code 4 (living together).

For a man with more than one wife, indicate "polygamous" rather than civil or customary marriage. For the wives, indicate category 1 or 2 (married civil/religious or traditional/customary).

If a person is not in a marital union or living together as married partners (i.e., codes 5 to 8), Go to P-10

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South Africa 2011 — source variable ZA2011A_MARST — Marital status
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P-03 Marital status
Write the appropriate code in the box _

1. Married
2. Living together like married partners
3. Never married
4. Widower/Widow
5. Separated
6. Divorced
If 3-6, go to P-05
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3. Section A: Demographics (remember to follow instructions)
Purpose: The information is collected to establish the total population of the country, their gender, age and other characteristics.

This section must be completed for every person listed on the questionnaire.
A person who is not married should not answer the question on who their spouse/partner is, e.g. ?If 3-6 on Marital status (P-03), then Go to Population group (P-05)?.

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South Africa 2016 — source variable ZA2016A_MARST — Marital status
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3. Person information

[3.7] Household members

[3.7.1] Demographics

[3.7.1.6] What is the respondent's present marital status?

[] 1 Legally married [include customary, traditional, religious etc.]
[] 2 Living together like husband and wife/partners
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated, but still legally married
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Single, but have been living together with someone as husband/wife/partner before
[] 7 Single, and have never lived together as husband/wife/partner before

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Spain 2001 — source variable ES2001A_SPLOC — Person number of the spouse or partner

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Tanzania 2002 — source variable TZ2002A_MARST — Marital status
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08. Marital status
Is [respondent] currently never married, married/living together/divorced/separated or widowed?
[] 1 Never married
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Living together
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Widowed
[] 9 Not stated

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B. Questions for all the people
This part involves all people who slept in the household the night before census day. The questions in this part are also found in the short questionnaire.
The questions in this part must be asked to every person following the order set. You must follow the flow of questions as arranged and read the question as written in the questionnaire. For more explanation, refer explanations in part 3.7 (how to ask questions).
Part "B" of the questionnaire contains the following questions:

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Togo 1960 — source variable TG1960A_MARST — Marital status
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6. Marital status
[] Unmarried
[] Married followed by the number of wives or rank of spouse
[] Widower
[] Divorced
[] Free union
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Column 6: Marital status
Use code number 3.

For married men, the letter M (married) is followed by a figure indicating the number of spouses - enter the figure according to the indications of code number 3, 1, 2, and so on. Enter the number 6 for M6 and above.

For women (or men) if the letter M is recorded by itself, translate to M1.


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Togo 2010 — source variable TG2010A_MARST — Marital status
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Persons resident of 12 years or more of age
[Question P24 was asked of resident persons aged 12 or more.]

(P24) Marital status

Record the abbreviation on the dotted lines and the code in the box

[] 0 Never married
[] 1 Married monogamously
[] 2 Men and women in polygamous union 2 spouses
[] 3 Men and women in polygamous union 3 spouses
[] 4 Men and women in polygamous union 4 spouses or more
[] 5 Widower
[] 6 Divorced
[] 7 Separated
[] 8 Free union
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C- Marital status

Column P24: Marital status

The column P24 only concerns resident persons aged 12 or more. For residents under 12 (those born after November 1998), put dashes on the dotted lines.

Marital status is the situation of a person in relation to marriage, which is defined as the union between a man and a woman following law and custom.

Pose the following question: "Is [the respondent] married?"

- If the response is yes, ask the person if their union has been celebrated according to civil, religious, or customary law. If they answer yes, try to find out the number of spouses (if it is a male person) or the number of co-spouses (if it is a female person). Record according to the response the appropriate abbreviation on the dotted lines and the corresponding code in the box.

The possible responses are the following:

1 M1 = "Married monogamous": for any person in union with one spouse.
2 M2 = "M/F in polygamous union 2 spouses": for any man in union with two spouses or for any woman having a co-spouse.
3 M3 = "M/F in polygamous union 3 spouses": for any man in union with three spouses or for any woman having two co-spouses.
4 M4 = "M/F in polygamous union 4 spouses or more": for any man in union with more than three spouse or for any woman having more than two co-spouses.

Example: Amévi declares being married to a man, and that their union is of the customary type. She tells you that she also is a co-spouse. You will record M2 on the dotted lines and 2 in the corresponding box.

If the union is neither customary, religious nor civil, this person is in a free union. Record:
UL on the dotted lines and code 8 in the box.

- If the response is no to the first question ("Is [the respondent] married?") ask the person if they were ever married.

- If they respond no (never married), record:
JM = Never married for any person who has never contracted marriage on the dotted lines and code 0 in the box.

- If they respond yes, that is, they have already been married at least once, you should try to find out if they are widowed, divorced, or separated. Record according to the response, the appropriate abbreviation on the dotted lines and the corresponding code in the box.
[p. 42]

The possible responses are:

5 V = Widowed for any married person who has lost their spouse through death and who has not yet remarried at the time of the census count.
6 D = Divorced for any person whose marriage has ended by divorce and who has not yet remarried at the time of the census count.
7 S = Separated for any initially married person declaring themselves separated at the time of the census count. Separation is a period of conciliation of partners or transitional period awaiting the pronouncement of divorce.
NB 34: For a polygamous man with 3 wives, who has subsequently lost one of them or has divorced one of them, you will record M2 on the dotted lines and code 2 in the box.

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Ukraine 2001 — source variable UA2001A_MARST — Marital status
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9. Family status (for persons aged 15 and above)

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Live with partner
[] 4 Widow / widower
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Separated
Number of wife (husband) ____
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Question 9 - Family status (for persons aged 15 and above)

The mark that corresponds to the one of the mentioned variant of response is written down to persons aged 15 and above.

[p.21]

Single (never married) is marked to persons who were never married.

Married is marked to persons who are within marriage registered in RAGS [office of civil registration].

Live with partner is marked to persons who are within marriage not registered in RAGS.

Widower/widow is marked to persons who were within marriage (regardless the marriage was registered or not) that ended because of husband's (wife's) death and who didn't get married again.

Divorced is marked to persons who were within registered marriage before and now they are not married and their divorce is registered in RAGS.

Separated is marked to persons who were within unregistered marriage before but now they are not married and their separation is not registered in RAGS. It is also marked to persons who were within unregistered marriage before and for now they broke up.

If there is a married couple within a household then to husband in a specially outlined framework you should fill out the number under which his wife is written down within the household (graph 1 of form 1) and to wife -- the number under which her husband is written down. If only one (husband or wife) of married couple is written down within the household then the number is not filled out.

The answer to this question is not generally written down to persons under 15 years; only in case the respondents are actually married you should write down the relative mark.


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Uruguay 1963 — source variable UY1963A_MARST — Marital status
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5. Marital status

Mark the corresponding box.

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 In free union
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Divorced

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Title 5: Marital status
187. Make the notation of the case in the corresponding box, according to the following definitions:
Single: one who never married and does not live in a free union

Married: one who contracted matrimonial ties, maintains this state and does not live in a free union.

In free union: one who lives in marital union without having contracted matrimonial ties.

Widowed: one who, having been married, survived the spouse and has not contracted matrimonial ties and does not live in a free union.

Divorced: One who terminated the matrimonial ties with the spouse by judicial sentence and has not contracted matrimonial ties nor lives in a free union.


188. In cases in which a name and surname of a woman (title 1) who claims to be married does not include the surname of the spouse, the enumerator should be assured that this state is the truth, based on other recovered information.

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Uruguay 1975 — source variable UY1975A_MARST — Marital status
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5. What is your current civil or married state?
Ask in the order indicated and when you receive an answer, mark the corresponding box.

[] 1 Married
[] 2 Free union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Separated
[] 6 Widowed from free union
[] 7 Separated from free union
[] 8 Single
[] 9 Not known

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G. Information of the people
169. Once the Section "F. Information of the home" is finished, you should ask the population questions to each one of the people who you are to enumerate.

When possible, you should try to make each person provide you with their own information. Only in the case of a person who is absent at the time of your visit, or if it concerns children, will you receive their information from a third party.

In each home, you will enumerate all people who slept in it the night before the "Day of the Census" or who, being absent this night for reasons of work, return to the home during the day. In such form, a doctor who did not sleep in his/her house because of being on guard in a hospital will be enumerated in their home. On the contrary, a traveler who spent many days away from their home will be enumerated in the place slept in during the night before the "Day of the Census."


I. General characteristics of all people
The questions included in this chapter are for knowing the distribution of the population by sex, age and civil state; their territorial distribution and movements made within the country in the last 5 years.

You should ask the questions in this chapter to all people who are to be enumerated in the home.


209. For question No. 5 "What is your current civil or married state?", you should read the list of possible responses, one by one, and in the order in which they are presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative response.

[p.61]

When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.

210. Register the civil or married state of the following people:

1. Mr. Rodríguez lives with a woman with whom he is not married.

2. The companion of Rodríguez did not finish divorce procedures from her previous marriage.

3. Their son is single.

4. Rodríguez's mother lives with them, since her husband died.

5. A brother of Rodríguez lives in the same home since he separated from his companion, with whom he was not married.

[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:
1. "Free union"
2. "Free union"
3. "Single"
4. "Widowed"
5. "Separated from free union"]


Note that the companion of Mr. Rodríguez, although legally still married to her previous husband, on the "Day of the Census" is in free union with Mr. Rodriguez.

211. How will you register the civil or married state of the following people?

[p. 62]

1. A lady who is married but does not live with her husband.

2. Mrs. Carmen Ramos de González who lives with her husband.

3. A person who just finished divorce proceedings.

4. A man who divorced his first wife, who lived next in free union and whose companion died last month.

[Below the text are two forms, one of which is filled out as follows:
1. "Separated"
2. "Married"
3. "Divorced"
4. "Widowed of free union"]


When a person has gone through many civil or married states, you should register the current one.

Look at question no. 5 in the Census document and suppose that you are interviewing a person to whom you ask the question in the following order:
What is your current civil or marital state? Married?

You wait for an answer; if negative you ask the following:

Free union?

You wait for an answer and if negative you ask the following:

Widowed?

Suppose that at this moment the person answers yes, then you should mark the box "Widow" with an X and go to question no. 6.


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Uruguay 1985 — source variable UY1985A_MARST — Marital status
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5. What is your current de facto marital state?
Ask in the indicated order and when you receive an affirmative response, mark the corresponding box and go to the next question.

[] 3 Married
[] 4 Free union
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced
[] 7 Separated
[] 8 Single

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I -- General characteristics -- all persons


For question No. 5 "What is your de facto civil or marital state?" you should read the list of possible responses, one by one, and in the order in which they are presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative response.

When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.


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Uruguay 1996 — source variable UY1996A_MARST — Marital status
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For all people age 12 or older
[Questions 16-28 were asked of persons age 12 or older]


20. What is your de facto current marital state?

[] 1 Consensual union
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated from union or marriage
[] 5 Widowed from union or marriage
[] 6 Single

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Persons age 12 or older


Question 20. What is your de facto current marital status?
[The options for this question are illegible]

Read the alternatives in the order in which they appear in the questionnaire, asking for the de facto marital state of the enumerated person. The de facto state should not be confused with the civil state. That is -- for example -- if the enumerated person has the civil state of "Widow" but at the moment of the Census lives together with a companion, you should mark the marital state "United".

The following questions of this part try to ascertain the occupational situation of the person you are enumerating.


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Uruguay 2006 — source variable UY2006A_CONSENS — Type of union
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[Questions 34- 41 were asked of persons age 14 or older]
(If the person is younger than 14, go to section E.2).


36. What kind of union do you have with this person?

[Question 36 was asked of persons age 14 or older who had a spouse or partner in this household, as per question 34.]

[] 1 Civil marriage (go to question 38)
[] 2 Living together

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34. Does your spouse or partner live in this household?

This question and the following (35 to 38) are asked only to people age 14 or older.

The objective of the question is to identify the couples in the household. From the question "Relationship" with the head of the household, it is only possible to identify if the head has a spouse in the household. The inclusion of this question allows us to know if there are other couples in the household and identify the members that compose them.

Spouse or partner is understood to be any conjugal relationship that implies cohabitation in the household, independent of the type of union (legal or consensual) or whether it deals with a same-sex or opposite-sex couple.
- If the person answers "Yes", circle the corresponding code and complete the following question (who is the spouse/partner)
- If the person answers "No", do not ask the next two questions and inquire after the civil status of the person (question 37).

[p. 37]

35. Who is this person?

Register the number of the person in the household that is identified as the spouse or partner.

One particular case is that of same-sex couples. If the person spontaneously declares that the partner is a member of the household of the same sex, proceed to register the information in the same way as for the couples of the opposite sex.


36. What kind of union do you have with this person?

Ask this question and circle the code that corresponds to the response received. Remember that it is only asked to those people who declared having a spouse or partner in the household interviewed.

This question aims to capture the type of union of the people that declared having a partner in the household. In respect to co-habitating couples, there can be two situations: the union is legalized (civil matrimony) or the union is unofficial (consensual union).

If the person declares that the union is a legal marraige, do not ask the following question (marital status). Since the respondent answered that the union is a civil marraige, the person by definition is married, as well as the spouse.

If the person declares that the union is a "Consensual union", ask the following question (marital status).


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Uruguay 2011 — source variable UY2011A_UNION — Type of union
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Marital Status

For people 12 years of age or older:
[Questions 8-11 are asked of people aged 12 or older.]

8. Does [the respondent] have a spouse or partner in the household? (PerEC01)

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (go to q. 11)
9. Who is it? (PerEC02)
(No. of person) _ _

10. What kind of union is it? (PerEC03)

[] 1 Civil ceremony (finish module)
[] 2 Consensual union with partner of the opposite sex (finish module)
[] 3 Consensual union with partner of the same sex (finish module)
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8.4 Marital Status

All of the questions of this module are directed towards people 12 years of age or older.

Does he/she have a spouse or partner in the household?

This question recognizes the partners in the interior of the household, in addition to those composed of the head of the household or reference person with his/her wife, if it corresponds.

The marital relation or partner is any type of union that implies cohabitation in the household interviewed, independently of the type of union (legal or de facto) and the sex of the people involved.

Select "yes" or "no" based on the informant's response.

Who is it?

If the response to the previous question was "yes" the system displays the list of the members of the household. Select the spouse or partner from the list.

[p. 96]

If the person declares that the couple is a member of the household of the same sex, note the information just as for couples of the opposite sex.

What kind of union is it?

This question applies only to the people that declared having a spouse or partner in the interviewed household.

With respect to the couple there can be three situations:

  • Civil union
  • Consensual union with partner of the opposite sex
  • Consensual union with partner of the same sex

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Venezuela 1971 — source variable VE1971A_MARST — Marital status
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7. Current marital status
[] 1 Married
[] 2 Consensual union
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced
[] 5 Single

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5.35. Current marital status (column 7).

When to ask the question. This question is asked to every person four years of age and older. When the person is younger than 4 years of age, mark single without asking. \

[Page 53 (conversion table) was not translated into English]

Do not try to [p. 54] doubt the information received or suggest information, even if the person is known. Never ask the marital status of the woman who has claimed to be the wife of the Head of household.

Definitions:

1. Married: Mark "married" for the person who has entered into marriage according to the Law, even if currently separated from their spouse, in the process of divorce or not.

2. In Union: Mark "in union" (Unido) for those who are not legally married but who live together forming a stable conjugal union.

3. Widowed: Mark "widow" for the person whose legal spouse has passed away and who has not remarried or entered into a consensual union.

4. Divorced: Mark "divorced" for the person who is legally divorced and has not remarried or entered into a consensual union.

5. Single: Mark "single" for each person who has never entered into a legal marriage, is not in a consensual union or whose marriage has been annulled.


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Venezuela 1981 — source variable VE1981A_MARST — Marital status
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4. What is your current marital status?
[] Consensual union
[] Married
[] Separated
[] Widowed
[] Single
[] Divorced

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Question 4


-- What is the current marital status?

Depending on circumstances, the marital status of the person can be:

[p. 68]

-- In union: One who is not legally married but lives with another forming a stable conjugal union.

-- Married:One who has entered into marriage according to the Law and lives with his/her spouse.

-- Separated:A married person who is separated from his/her spouse, whether in the process of divorce or not.

-- Widowed:The person who has not remarried or entered into a consensual union with another person after the death of his/her spouse.

-- Single:The person who has never entered into a legal marriage, whose first marriage has been annulled, or who currently does not live with another person in a state of matrimony.

-- Divorced:One whose marriage has been legally dissolved and has not remarried or who currently does not live with another person in a state of matrimony.


Only one oval should be marked for this question.

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Venezuela 1990 — source variable VE1990A_MARST — Marital status
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For all individuals:
[Questions 1-10 -- are for all person]


4. What is your current marital status?

[] Consensual union
[] Married
[] Separate
[] Widowed
[] Single
[] Divorced

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Questions 1-10 -- are for all persons

Every person in the household should be asked these questions.

-- In the case of people who are absent or of small children, ask the Head of Household or the person who can give the most reliable information.


Question No.4

[Marital status]
[The instructions refer to a graphic of section VI, question 4 on the census form.]

-- Read the question and the possible answers and fill in the corresponding cell.


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Venezuela 2001 — source variable VE2001A_MARST — Marital status

No questionnaire text is available for this sample.


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Zambia 2000 — source variable ZM2000A_MARST — Marital status
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For Persons 12 Years and Older

25. What is your marital status?
[] Married
[] Separated
[] Divorced
[] Widowed
[] Never married
[] Living together/cohabiting

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5.7 Marital Information

P28 What is your marital status?
This question will be asked of all persons 12 years and older. Please, shade the appropriate response.

5.7.1 Married

Marriage is any permanent living arrangement between a man and woman to live together. This includes church marriages, other religiously approved unions, civil registration at a Boma or other civil ceremony that has been performed, and the man and woman are living as husband/wife at present. These are to be recorded as married and the first box should be shaded.

5.7.2 Separated

A man or a woman who is separated, but not legally (Civil or Customary) divorced from his/her partner, and has no other wife/husband now. Shade the second box provided.

5.7.3 Divorced

A man/woman permanently separated from the spouse and has no other spouse now will be included under this category.

5.7.4 Widowed

A man or woman whose partner died and has no wife/husband at present.

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5.7.5 Never Married

Never married category refers to those who have never been in any marital union (marriage).

5.7.6 Living Together/Cohabiting

Living together or cohabiting category refers to a man and a woman living together as a married couple without any legal, customary or religious consent of the union. The dissolution of this union, therefore, does not require witnesses from the afore-mentioned authorities.


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Zambia 2010 — source variable ZM2010A_MARST — Marital Status
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Only for persons aged 12 years or older
[Applies to questions 31-37]

P36. What is [the respondent's] marital status?

[] 1 Never married - Go to P38
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Divorced
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Cohabitating
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P ? 36: What is [the respondent's] marital status?

This question will be asked to all persons 12 years and older. Please, shade the appropriate response.

4.18.1 Never married

Never married category refers to those who have never been in any marital union (marriage). If this is the response skip to P-38

4.18.2 Married

Marriage is any permanent living arrangement between a man and woman to live together as husband and wife. This includes church marriages, other religiously approved unions, civil registration at a Boma or other civil ceremony that has been performed, and the man and woman are living as husband/wife at present. These are to be recorded as married.

4.18.3 Divorced

A man/woman permanently separated from the spouse and has no other spouse now will be included under this category.

4.18.4 Separated

A man or a woman who is temporarily out of a marital union, but not legally (Civil or Customary) divorced from his/her partner, and has no other wife/husband now.

4.18.5 Widowed

A man or woman whose partner died and has no wife/husband at present.

4.18.6 Cohabiting (Living together)

Cohabiting or living together category refers to a man and a woman living together as a married couple without any legal, customary or religious consent of the union. The dissolution of this union, therefore, does not require witnesses from the afore-mentioned authorities.