Literal question
28. Marital status: Currently, is [the respondent]:</p>
<div class="i1">Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Living with a partner in a common-law union<br />[] 2 Separated (go to 30)<br />[] 3 Divorced (go to 30)<br />[] 4 Widowed (go to 30)<br />Married:</div><div class="i2">[] 5 Only by civil ceremony<br />[] 6 Only by religious ceremony<br />[] 7 By civil and religious ceremony</div><div class="i1">[] 8 Single (go to 30)</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">15.3 Section III. People characteristics</span></p>
<p>In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.</p>
<p>Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.</p>
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<p>For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.</p>
<p>Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.</p>
<p><span class="em">Marital status</span>
<br /><span class="em">28. Marital status</span>
<br />This question identifies the population who is of 12 years of age and older who are currently living in a domestic partnership, married, single, widowed, separated, or divorced.</p>
<p>Read the question along with all the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle the appropriate code.</p>
<p>Do not take a person's marital status for granted for any reason. Apply the question, even if the person seems very young to you, to avoid omissions of unmarried or married teenagers.</p>
<p>If the respondent mentions that the person was ever married or in a domestic partnership, record her/him as separated, divorced, or widowed, as appropriate, but never as a single person.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 363]</span></p>
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<p>If the person was living in a domestic partnership and is now separated, record option 2. He/she is separated.</p>
<p>In case the respondent's answer is that the person is in a cohabitation, consider that he/she is living in a domestic partnership and record option 1. He/she lives with her partner in a domestic partnership.</p>
<p>When the person lives with his or her partner in a domestic partnership or is married only civilly, only religiously, or both, continue with question 29.</p>
<p>Partner identification; for separated, divorced, widowed, or single people, skip to question 30. Activity condition.</p>
<p>The question of marital status is presented in the census manager as shown in the following image:</p>
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