General characteristics
For individuals of all ages
5. Marital status:
Mark the appropriate box.
[] 1 Single
Married:
[] 2 Civil and religious ceremony
[] 3 Civil ceremony only
[] 4 Consensual union
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced
Item V: Marriage status
134 - Annotate the case in the corresponding box, in accordance with the following definitions:
Single: Has never been married and does not live in a consensual union.
Married: Has entered marital bonds, maintains that state, and does not live in a consensual union.
Consensual union: Live in a marital union without having married.
Widow: Having been married, survives the other spouse and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.
Divorcee: Has terminated their marital bond with their spouse by judicial decree and has not remarried, nor lives in a consensual union.
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135 - In the cases in which the first and last name of a woman (Item 1) who declares themselves as married, does not include the last name of the husband, the enumerator should make sure if the marital state given is the true one, basing themselves on the other information obtained.