Literal question
<svar v="FJ96A400 FJ96A401 FJ96A402 FJ96A403 FJ96A404 FJ96A405 FJ96A406 FJ96A407 FJ96A408 FJ96A409 FJ96A410 FJ96A413 FJ96A414 FJ96A415"><span class="h3">For all persons</span><br />[Questions D1-D10 were asked of all persons.]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="FJ96A408">D6. Marital status<br />Never married, married, widowed, divorced or separated<br />______<br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="FJ96A408">Question D6 - Marital status<br /><br />98. Ask,<br />'Is this person married?'<br /><br />99. For persons who have never been married, including children, write 'NM'.<br /><br />100. People living together as husband and wife should be shown as married whether or not they have been through any civil or religious ceremonies. The census is not concerned with who is legally married and who is not. Accept the answer as it is given to you.<br /><br />101. <span class="ital">Widowed </span>is for a person, male or female, who has been married but whose spouse has died and who has not remarried at the time of the census.<br /><br />102. <span class="ital">Separated</span> or <span class="ital">divorced </span>is for a person who has been married but who has divorced or separated and is living as such at the time of the census. Accept the answer as it is given to you.<br /><br />103. You may use the following abbreviations,<br /><br /><div class="i1">NM for never married<br />M for married<br />WID for widowed<br />SEP for separated<br />DIV for divorced</div><br /></svar>
