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5. What is your current marital status?

Answer if aged 15 years or over
Mark one box only

[] 1. Single (never married or never in a same-sex civil partnership)
[] 2. Married (first marriage)
[] 3. Re-married
[] 4. In a registered same-sex civil partnership
[] 5. Separated
[] 6. Divorced
[] 7. Widowed

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Appendix H. Detailed notes on the household form

[Question 5: What is your current marital status?]

The changes occurring in the marital status of the population is captured by the responses to question 5. In particular, it is possible to monitor the incidence of marital breakdown in Irish society. For Census 2016 the question was revised to incorporate registered same-sex civil partnerships.

This question should only be answered by those aged 15 or over.