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[Questions 13-24 are for persons age 10 or older]


13. What is your marital status?

[] 1 Partnered [acompañado]
[] 2 Married
[] 3 Widowed
[] 4 Separated
[] 5 Divorced
[] 6 Single

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[Questions 13-24 are for persons age 10 or older. If the person is younger than 10, end the interview and cross out the corresponding page]


Question 13: What is your marital status?
"Marital status" is understood to mean each person's status with respect to the laws or customs related to matrimony or cohabitation in this country.
Take the following definitions into account to help you identify marital status:

Partnered:
This is a person who has not married the person with whom he/she lives in a stable relationship. This is also called cohabitating.

Married:
This is a person who was legally married before a lawyer or competent municipal authority (mayor) and lives with his/her spouse.

Widowed:
This is a person who has not re-married and is not cohabitating after the death of his/her spouse.

Separated:
This is a person who lives separately from his/her spouse or partner and who is not living in matrimony with another person.

Divorced:
This is a person who has legally dissolved his/her marriage ties and has not remarried and is not cohabitating.

Single:
This is a person who has never married and has not cohabitated with another person.