Section 7: Union status and fertility
(Female age 14 and older who are not full-time students at a primary or secondary school)
7.4. Are you / is [the respondent] currently living with someone as a common-law partner?
[] Yes
[] No (go to Question 7.6)
[] Not stated
Section 7 - Union Status and Fertility
5.76 General
This section is comprised of Question 7.1 - 7.14 and the information is to be completed only for females 14 years or older who are not attending primary or secondary school full-time. Part-time students at these schools as well as students of tertiary institutions are eligible for
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answering these questions.
The questions in this section can be seen to be of a very personal nature and you must assure the respondent that this type of information is very crucial to population planning as they provide very useful indicators of family formation and population growth.
5.79 Question 7.4 Currently Living with Common-law Partner
Women who indicate that they are married but are not living with their husbands, women who were married but are widowed, divorced or separated as well as never married women who indicate that they had lived with a common-law partner are asked if they are currently living with a common-law partner.