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____
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
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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)".