1 Single a person who has never been married
2 Legally married a person married in a civil or religious
ceremony, either living together with spouse at the time of the POPCEN visit or temporarily living apart because the spouse is employed elsewhere or is in the armed forces, etc.
3 Widowed a married person whose spouse has died and
who has not remarried up to the time of the POPCEN visit
4 Separated/divorced a person who is permanently
separated from his/her spouse, legally or by mutual consent, or whose marriage has been annulled or dissolved and can remarry
5 Common-law/Live-in person cohabiting or living consensually
with another as husband and wife without the benefit of a legal marriage
6 Unknown person whose civil status is unknown
to the respondent