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6. Marital status:

[] 1 Single
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Divorced

Question 6.

The so-called separated person whose marriage has not been dissolved by a final judgment is to be counted as married. A person whose former spouse died after the dissolution of the marriage is not to be counted as widowed but as being divorced.

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6. Marital status

The legal marital status will be taken into account. The legally married person is regarded as such even though his/her spouse is not living with nevertheless the marriage had not been terminated by court. The marital status of the persons cohabiting without legal marriage should be registered according to the legal status, e.g. in case a never married female is living with a married male, their marital status will be marked as "never married" and "married" respectively.