Marital status
12. What is this person's current marital status?
[] 2 Cohabiting/partnered
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Widowed
[] 7 Single
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.
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.