[] 1 Never married (NM)
[] 2 Married (M)
[] 3 Widowed (W)
[] 4 Legally separated (LS)
[] 5 Divorced (D)
[] 9 Not stated (NS)

Interviewer: This question applies only to persons fourteen years and over and NOT attending Primary or Secondary school full time.

This question is for all persons fourteen [14] years old and over and not currently attending primary or secondary school full-time. Emphasis here is placed on the presence of legal sanction of the association which should not be confused with "Union Status". Marital Status carries a five-fold classification as follows:

Never married - This category covers all individuals 14 years old and over who have never been married.

Married - This covers all married persons whether or not they are living with partners to whom they are married. Also to be included in this category are persons married according to Hindu custom or Muslim rites, whether or not these marriages have been formally registered. A person living apart though not legally separated from his or her married partner is to be recorded as married.

Widowed - This covers all married persons whose partners have died.

Legally separated - This applies where married persons are living apart and separated by a court order.

Divorced - This covers all persons whose marriages have been dissolved by legal proceedings.

Note to interviewer - There may be instances where the couple may be living apart but the divorce has not been made final. Such persons are not to be entered as divorced but as married or legally separated as the case may be.